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Revision as of 15:26, 12 January 2020
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 9.3
Facilities & Features
- Waterville Station
- Wood shed 22' x 15'
- 850' siding and *600' blind siding[1]
Commerce & Industry
- Annapolis Valley Canners Limited: canning factory, apples and small fruits
- Four apple warehouses
Description & History
Originally known as Pineo Village, it was renamed "Waterville" in 1871 shortly after the arrival of the Windsor & Annapolis Railway in 1869.[2] It was an early centre of agriculture and received one of the larger stations along the Windsor & Annapolis.
Gallery
Topographic map from Berwick to Kentville circa 1956.
The Waterville co-operative apple warehouse, featured in Farmer's Magazine January-December 1915.
Waterville apple warehouses with W.H. Chase warehouse in foreground, Northard and Lowe warehouse in middle and Ambrose Stanley Banks warehouse in distance, 1916.
The Waterville Station looking west, with the Annapolis Valley Canners buildings on the left, 1958.
VIA Rail shelter at Waterville with the Annapolis Valley Canners buildings in the background, April 1986.
References & Footnotes
External Links
Randy Rockwell, "Waterville History" October 2019, Waterville & District Volunteeer Fire Department
