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Lake Echo, Nova Scotia

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Country
  
Canada

Highest elevation
  
130 m (430 ft)

Time zone
  
AST (UTC-4)

Area
  
8.84 km²

Province
  
Nova Scotia

Area code
  
902

District
  
3

Lowest elevation
  
12 m (39 ft)

Canadian Postal code
  
B3Z

Population
  
3,562 (2011)

Local time
  
Saturday 7:38 AM

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Weather
  
-13°C, Wind NW at 24 km/h, 67% Humidity

Municipality
  
Halifax Regional Municipality

Lake Echo (2011 population: 3,562) is an unincorporated suburban community that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada; approximately 15 kilometres east of Dartmouth.

Contents

Map of Lake Echo, NS, Canada

The area is mostly residential, with several subdivisions built in the 1980s and 1990s.

2008 fire

On June 13, 2008 a forest fire broke out near Porters Lake, destroying two houses, damaging several others and burning six thousand acres of forest in total. The fire was believed to be caused by a camp fire and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police laid no charges however it was determined that residue from Hurricane Juan fuelled the fire. The fire was the largest in an urban area fought in Nova Scotia and the largest fire in 30 years.

References

Lake Echo, Nova Scotia Wikipedia