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HALIFAX
COUNTY
Minesville
LOCATION:
This rural community is located at the head of
Lawrencetown Lake off Highway #7.
HISTORY:
This community is typical of a number of similar
villages along the Eastern Shore, developing in the mid-1800s with
the discovery of gold. In the 1860s the area became prosperous, but
within ten years the gold was gone and the prospectors had departed.
For awhile the community was a prosperous lumbering district as
well, but as more trees were felled, the operations ground slowly to
a halt.
MINESVILLE TODAY:
Today, Minesville is an area of new-forest growth
and is popular with weekend cottagers.
"one City...Many Communities" co -
published BY Halifax Regional Municipality AND Nimbus, funded BY
the HRM Millennium Committee.Author : Alfreda Withrow
Halifax County Genweb Project
gratefully acknowledges the following sources:
Historical Information on many
community pages is from : One
City...Many Communities" co - published by Halifax Regional
Municipality and Nimbus, funded By the HRM Millennium
Committee.Author : Alfreda Withrow.
Mapeeze: Free map linking on
Destination Nova Scotia.
