Hardwood Lands is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. The name of the community is descriptive, referring to its abundance of hardwood trees. The area was settled in 1816. Hardwood Lands is home to a large sand pit, opened by Nova Scotia Sand & Gravel in 1954.
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Belnan is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. Belnan is located between Elmsdale and Nine Mile River on Route 214, 42 kilometres northeast of Halifax.
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Lantz is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants and the Halifax Regional Municipality. The community is located on the Shubenacadie River between the communities of Milford and Elmsdale.
The lands including present-day Lantz were granted to Richard Gibbon and Dr. John Marshall on June 2nd, 1785. The community was named "Lantz Siding" in 1898 by a man named Lantz who operated a brick and tile factory in the area. L. E. Shaw Limited was incorporated in 1921 after building a brick and tile plant in the area in 1913.
On June 24, 1997, Lantz was hit by a tornado.
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Nine Mile River is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. It takes its name from the river which flows through it. Nine Mile River is District 3 for the Municipality of East Hants, served by Councillor Eldon Hebb. Nine Mile River is home to a small United Church and a volunteer fire department.
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The East Hants Aquatic Centre is a large swimming pool and recreation centre in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the community of Elmsdale. Built to replace the old municipal pool in Milford, the aquatic centre opened to the public in July 2020. The centre suffered extensive damage during the 2023 Nova Scotia floods, and remained closed for repairs for an extended period.
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Elmsdale is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located on the boundary of the East Hants Municipality and Halifax Regional Municipality.
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Nova Scotia Sand & Gravel and the sand pit were purchased by Shaw Resources in 1966, and today supplies all sand for the runway of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The Hardwood Lands sand deposit is five kilometers in length and formed during the last ice age roughly 20,000 years ago. In 1956, Hardwood Lands had a population of 173 people.