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Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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Country
  
Canada

Incorporated
  
April 17, 1879

Population
  
30,005 (2016)

Province
  
Established
  
August 17, 1759

Area
  
4,271 km²

Capital
  
Area code
  
902

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Towns
  
Electoral Districts      Federal
  
Cumberland—Colchester —Musquodoboit Valley

Points of interest
  
Fundy Geological Museum, Anne Murray Centre, Ski Wentworth, Fort Beauséjour, Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Destinations
  
Amherst, Parrsboro, Pugwash, Advocate Harbour, Springhill

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Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Map of Cumberland County, NS, Canada

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History

The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beauséjour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at Culloden in 1746 and Commander in Chief of the British forces. The Mi'kmaq name for the area was "Kwesomalegek" meaning "hardwood point".

Cumberland County was founded on August 17, 1759. When the Township of Parrsboro was divided in 1840, one part was annexed to Cumberland County and the other part annexed to Colchester.

The dividing line between Cumberland and Colchester was established in 1840. In 1897, a portion of the boundary line between the Counties of Colchester and Cumberland was fixed and defined. The county thrived in the 19th century with the development of lumbering, shipbuilding and coal mining. Deforestation and rural outmigration in the 20th century led to the abandonment of some communities such as Eatonville and New Yarmouth.

Geography

The county has a total area of 4,271.23 km2 (1,649.13 sq mi).

Cumberland County is rich in natural resources with extensive forest land supporting lumber mills and pulp contractors. It has many mineral resources, including 2 operating salt mines. Until the 1970s it also had several coal mines which extracted coal from seams that run from Joggins to River Hebert and on to Athol and Springhill.

Agriculture is concentrated on wild blueberry harvesting throughout the Cobequid Hills, as well as mixed farms located in the Tantramar Marshes region, the Northumberland Strait coastal plain, and the Wentworth Valley.

The northwestern edge of Cumberland County forms part of the Isthmus of Chignecto, the natural land bridge connecting the Nova Scotia peninsula to North America. As such, the county hosts several important transportation corridors, including Highway 104 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and CN Rail's Halifax-Montreal railway line.

Two towns are located in Cumberland County: Amherst and Oxford.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Cumberland County recorded a population of 30,005 living in 13,614 of its 18,445 total private dwellings, a change of 2999570000000000000♠−4.3% from its 2011 population of 31,353. With a land area of 4,277.86 km2 (1,651.69 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.0/km2 (18.2/sq mi) in 2016.

Forming the majority of the Cumberland County census division, the Municipality of the County of Cumberland recorded a population of 19,402 living in 8,714 of its 13,103 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of 2999470000000000000♠−5.3% from its 2011 population of 20,485. With a land area of 4,255.04 km2 (1,642.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.6/km2 (11.8/sq mi) in 2016.

Communities

Towns
  • Amherst
  • Oxford
  • Villages
  • Pugwash
  • River Hebert
  • County municipality and county subdivisions
  • Municipality of the County of Cumberland
  • Cumberland Subdivision A
  • Cumberland Subdivision B
  • Cumberland Subdivision C
  • Cumberland Subdivision D
  • Highways

  • Trunk 2
  • Trunk 4
  • Trunk 6
  • Trunk 7
  • Hwy 104 (TCH)
  • Hwy 106 (TCH)
  • Hwy 101
  • Hwy 102
  • Hwy 103
  • Hwy 142
  • Route 204
  • References

    Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Wikipedia


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