Parrsboro is a community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A regional service centre for southern Cumberland County, the community is...
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Parrsboro Harbour is a Canadian harbour located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Situated on the north shore of the Minas Basin at its western boundary...
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The Parrsboro Shore is an area of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia consisting of the shoreline communities west of the town of Parrsboro. The Parrsboro Shore...
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The Parrsboro Formation is a geologic formation in Nova Scotia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. Earth sciences portal Canada...
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Cumberland Railway and Coal Company (redirect from Springhill and Parrsboro Railway)
Nova Scotia, and a railway that operated from Springhill Junction to Parrsboro. The General Mining Association (GMA) had been established in 1825 to...
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abundance of Carboniferous-age fossils. Wasson's Bluff, near the town of Parrsboro, has yielded both Triassic- and Jurassic-age fossils. The highest point...
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CICR-FM (redirect from 99.1 FM Parrsboro, Nova Scotia)
CICR-FM, branded as Parrsboro Community Radio, is a Canadian community radio station operating in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. CICR-FM broadcasts at 99.1 FM...
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Parrsboro Regional High School also known as PRHS is a school located in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. PRHS consists of six grades- 7,8,9,10,11 and 12...
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Cape Chignecto and the Annapolis Valley Shore to Minas Passage, between Parrsboro and Cape Blomidon; (2) Central Minas Basin, from Minas Passage to the...
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cultural and geological site located near the mouth of Parrsboro Harbour and the town of Parrsboro on the Minas Basin, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia...
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includes two towns, Amherst and Oxford, and two large population centres, Parrsboro and Springhill. The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel...
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built in Cumberland County and the last square rigger built along the Parrsboro Shore. The former shipyard area is now part of the Old Shipyard Beach...
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launched on May 18, 1861, given the name Amazon, and registered at nearby Parrsboro on June 10, 1861. Her registration documents described her as 99.3 feet...
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June 1919. The crew departed for New York City but was forced to land in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia on 5 July 1919 where it was repaired over the course of the...
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The Ship's Company Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1984 by Michael Fuller and Mary Vingoe, the Ship's...
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Governor Parr was a four-masted schooner built in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia in 1918. Built by W.R. Huntley & Sons for Archie Davidson and Captain Angus D...
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of the Springhill & Parrsboro Railway which ran south to the mining town of Springhill and on to the Bay of Fundy port of Parrsboro. The SP&P changed its...
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Carpenter Gothic style Anglican church building located at 216 Main Street in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Rev. Thomas Shreve, was the first rector of St....
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worked by the Cumberland Coal & Railway Company Ltd. and the Springhill & Parrsboro Coal & Railway Company Ltd. These entities merged in 1884 to form the...
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Charles Lyell. Gesner qualified as a doctor of medicine and settled in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia in 1827 as a travelling physician. Gesner also continued...
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1940s. George found the world's smallest dinosaur tracks in 1984 near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. His other finds include a wide variety of fossilized...
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north shore of the Minas Basin about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The cliffs, which stretch approximately one mile (1.6 km)...
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Market The historic Municipal Light and Water Plant on Moore's Lane. Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States...
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Hopewell Cape, and Sackville, and in Nova Scotia, Amherst, Advocate Harbour, Parrsboro, Truro, Maitland, Cheverie, Windsor, Wolfville, Canning, Annapolis Royal...
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a long succession of ferries that connected Wolfville, Kingsport and Parrsboro for 200 years. The harbour, which empties twice a day due to the high...
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Waterford (902) - 592 862 North Sydney (902) - 794 Oxford (902) - 447 552 Parrsboro (782) - 343 (902) - 216 254 590 613 728 744 Pictou (902) - 382 485 Port...
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Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. McGrath was born in 1953 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, and educated at Saint Mary's University. McGrath entered...
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received the most precipitation with a maximum of 6.4 in (162 mm) at Parrsboro and 5.0 in (127 mm) at Greenwood. Several stations reported rates greater...
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total has since been reduced to 25 due to the dissolution of the Town of Parrsboro and the amalgamation of the Town of Windsor with the Municipality of the...
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worked by the Cumberland Coal & Railway Company Ltd. and the Springhill & Parrsboro Coal & Railway Company Ltd. These entities merged in 1884 to form the...
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