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Amherst
People Realty Phone: 902-488-1118 Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville and all of Nova Scotia. | ||
Annapolis Valley click hereThe Annapolis Valley is located about 75 to 200 km north and west of Halifax. The valley lies between two mountain ridges. The Annapolis Valley includes two main drainage basins. The Annapolis River flows southwest from the vicinity of Greenwood into the Annapolis Basin; the smaller Cornwallis River flows north and east into the Minas Basin. | ||
Bear River
Ellis GMAC Real Estate Phone: 902-247-2372 I serve from Annpolis couty to Digby county and I speak french and english. Looking for to work for you. Sincerely, Gilles Sarazin. | ||
Bedford click hereThe Community of Bedford is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Located on the shores of Bedford Basin, it has hundreds of acres of protected parkland with walking and hiking trails. A 2003 real estate survey has estimated the population of Bedford, Nova Scotia at 14,000. | ||
Berwick
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Bridgetown
Ellis GMAC Real Estate Phone: 902-526-0211 Serving Western Annapolis Valley from Middleton to Digby.
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Bridgewater
Anne ThomsonAnne Thomson Realty Ltd Phone: 902-354-3237 Web Site Located in Liverpool, we serve all of Queens, Lunenburg and Shelburne Counties. Excellence in Real Estate
Mariner Real Estate Ltd. Phone: 902-543-4226 Web Site Mariner Real Estate Ltd. has been serving the South Shore area of Nova Scotia since 1983. | ||
Cape BretonBruce KerrCENTURY 21 Bayside Real Estate Inc. Phone: 902-674-0555 Toll Free: 877-674-0555 I serve Cape Breton Island, primarily Victoria County. | ||
Chester
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Dartmouth click hereIn 1996, Dartmouth became part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, yet it maintains the distinct characteristics it has developed over the years. Dartmouth is located on Halifax Harbour opposite Halifax. Manufactures include refined petroleum, processed food, ships, and electric equipment. | ||
Digby
Royal LePage Coast and Country Phone: 902-532-5285 Serving Annapolis Valley, Annapolis Royal, Digby and Meteghan. | ||
Fall River click hereThe Community of Fall River is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It provides a small town atmosphere while being very close to the major industries of Nova Scotia. | ||
Greenwood
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Halifax click hereHalifax is built around Halifax Harbour, the world’s second largest natural harbor, which offers a protected, deepwater, ice-free anchorage for international shipping. Halifax Harbour is one of Canada’s busiest ports. In 1996 Halifax merged with the former city of Dartmouth and other neighboring municipalities to form the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax is a regional center for trade, industry, government, and cultural activity. The city also has a strong military presence. Halifax possesses a relatively mild but damp climate. | ||
Kentville click hereKentville is the commercial centre of the Annapolis Valley. It is the site of a regional hospital and an important agricultural research station. A 2001 real estate survey has estimated the population of Kentville, Nova Scotia at 5,600. | ||
Kingsburg
Duckworth Real Estate Phone: 902-766-4670 E-mail: john@duckworth-realestate.com If you are looking for the most spectacular oceanfront or oceanview property in Nova Scotia, you have come home. | ||
Kingston
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Liverpool
Anne ThomsonAnne Thomson Realty Ltd Phone: 902-354-3237 Web Site Located in Liverpool, we serve all of Queens, Lunenburg and Shelburne Counties. Excellence in Real Estate | ||
Lunenburg
Anne ThomsonAnne Thomson Realty Ltd Phone: 902-354-3237 Web Site Located in Liverpool, we serve all of Queens, Lunenburg and Shelburne Counties. Excellence in Real Estate | ||
Mahone Bay
Anne ThomsonAnne Thomson Realty Ltd Phone: 902-354-3237 Web Site Located in Liverpool, we serve all of Queens, Lunenburg and Shelburne Counties. Excellence in Real Estate.
Mariner Real Estate Ltd. Phone: 902-543-4226 Web Site Mariner Real Estate Ltd. has been serving the South Shore area of Nova Scotia since 1983. | ||
Metheghan
Ellis GMAC Real Estate Phone: 902-247-2372 I serve from Annpolis couty to Digby county and I speak french and english. Looking for to work for you. Sincerely, Gilles Sarazin. | ||
Middleton
Ellis GMAC Real Estate Phone: 902-526-0211 Serving Western Annapolis Valley from Middleton to Digby.
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New Minas click hereNew Minas is rapidly becoming an important commercial centre of the Annapolis Valley. New Minas offers a variety of shopping malls and numerous stores. A 2003 real estate survey has estimated the population of New Minas, Nova Scotia at 4,700. | ||
Oxford
Mystic Coast Realty Phone: 902-447-2808 E-mail: rick.adshade@ns.sympatico.ca Serving Northern Nova Scotia and specializing in Recreational Property and Homes. | ||
Parrsboro
Royal LePage Preview Realty Phone: 902-254-3299 Waterfront, waterview, residential, commercial, rural and Town, beside worlds highest tides. | ||
River John
Cathy Covey, Broker/ManagerSunrise Brokerage & Sales Ltd. Phone: 902-351-3001 River John Real Estate Specializing in the sale of oceanfront cottages, homes and acreage on the Sunrise Trail in Nova Scotia. | ||
Sackville click hereThe Community of Sackville is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. There are two major grocery stores, one medium shopping mall, several strip malls, an indoor sports stadium with two pools a rink and exercise facility, a 9 holes par 3 golf course, and several parks. A 2003 real estate survey has estimated the population of Sackville, Nova Scotia at 35,000. | ||
St. Margaret's Bay
Tradewinds Realty Phone: 902-209-4399 Helping Nova Scotia families buy and sell homes in Halifax Regional Municipality and along the South Shore. | ||
Shelburne
Prudential Property Specialists Phone: 902-875-2074 E-mail: wolfgang@novascotiahomesandland.com Web Site Nova Scotia Homes and Land, Neuschottland Immobilien (nsimm): water front properties and vacation homes along the South Shore.
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Wolfville click hereWolfville is the cultural centre of the Annapolis Valley. It is also a major fruit growing. A 2001 real estate survey has estimated the population of Wolfville, Nova Scotia at 3,600. | ||
Yarmouth click hereYarmouth is the regional centre for South Western Nova Scotia and a gateway to the Lighthouse Route and the Evangeline Trail. It is located 320 km southwest of Halifax. A 2001 real estate survey has estimated the population of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at 10,500. | ||
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The climate and geography across Nova Scotia are suitable for growing a variety of crops. The Annapolis Valley is the largest and most fertile agricultural region in the province, suited to horticulture, livestock production, livestock feeds, and grain production. Livestock and livestock products accounted for 68 percent of the income from agriculture in Nova Scotia in 1998. Dairying is the largest sector, accounting for one-quarter of total farm production. Nova Scotia is one of the six areas in the world where wild blueberries are grown commercially. Blueberries are the most valuable cash crop. In 1998 Nova Scotia harvested 11.3 million kg of blueberries. Excellent fishing banks lie a few miles offshore, and Nova Scotians have long turned to the sea for their livelihood. The principal species harvested from Georges Bank (the closest fishing bank to Nova Scotia) is cod. The waters of Northumberland Strait and the Bay of Fundy are rich in lobsters and scallops, which are the most valuable catches of Nova Scotia fishers. Other important catches are haddock, herring, and pollock. Nova Scotia is the home base for a large fleet of diesel trawlers that work the banks. Fish are sold fresh, frozen, dried, salted, smoked, pickled, and canned, as bait and meal, or processed into industrial and vitamin oils. About 6,000 production workers were employed in fish-processing plants in 1990. In 1992 the fish catch was 493,000 metric tons and was valued at C$512 million. Following that year, however, codfish stocks declined drastically, causing the federal government to close the cod fishery from 1993 to 1996. Nova Scotia and the other Atlantic provinces were hard hit economically by the closure. The fishery was opened again, on a limited basis, for the 1997 season. In 1998 the catch was 281,000 tons. Nova Scotia is only a minor producer of minerals. In the production of gypsum, however, Nova Scotia leads all the other Canadian provinces. Large gypsum deposits are extracted near Windsor, East Milford, Port Hawkesbury, and Little Narrows. Much of Nova Scotia’s gypsum is exported to the United States. The province has large deposits of barite, used primarily in oil well drilling. The province’s most valuable mineral product is coal. Mines in the regional municipality of Cape Breton yield excellent coking-quality coal, which is used for coal-fire and electrical generation. Nova Scotia is also a large producer of salt. The producing salt deposits in Cumberland County are near Malagash, Pugwash, and Nappan. The province also produces sand and gravel, cement, stone, and clay. Tin mining near Yarmouth began in 1986. Production from offshore oil deposits at Panuke and Cohasset began in the early 1990s. Some 37,700 sq km of Nova Scotia is productive forestland. Most of the forests are privately owned, and many can best be called farm woodlots. The large sawmills are found primarily in northern Nova Scotia. The forest industries began early in the 18th century. Currently the principal products are pulpwood and sawlogs. Manufacturing is the most important economic activity in Nova Scotia. Three of the major industries use local resources; they are food processing, paper production, and iron and steel manufacturing. Other industries produce ships and boats, motor vehicle tires, metal containers, concrete products, fabrics, carpets, electronic equipment, and mining machinery. In 2000 industry employed 10 percent of the province’s workers. A leading industry is steel production in Cape Breton on Cape Breton Island. Good-grade coking coal is available nearby, and iron ore and limestone are imported from Newfoundland. Steel-using industries have been developed in Trenton and New Glasgow. Some steel is shipped to the Halifax shipyards, but most of it goes to Montréal and Toronto. As a group, the food-processing industries are even more important to the Nova Scotia economy than iron and steel production. They include the processing of fish, milk, fruit and vegetables, and livestock. Fish-processing plants are found throughout Nova Scotia. Some important plants are located in Lunenburg, Yarmouth, Chéticamp, and Digby. Tire manufacturing at Granton, Bridgewater, and Waterville is also significant. Forest-based industries have had a historic role in the development of Nova Scotia, and they are still significant. Besides sawmills and planing mills, there are a number of furniture manufacturing plants and pulp and paper mills. Shipbuilding has long been significant to the economy although it has been in decline in recent years. Halifax is renowned for its cargo transports because it is closer to Europe than any U.S. port. It is also a center for the assembly of automobiles and the manufacture of railroad rolling stock, aircraft, and aerospace equipment. The absence of long rivers and high elevations precludes any extensive development of conventional waterpower in Nova Scotia, but sea tides could be used to generate much electricity. In 2000, 86 percent of the province’s electrical energy came from coal, with waterpower and oil providing the rest. The major steam-driven power plants are at Lingan Bay, in Cape Breton; Tufts Cove, in the city of Dartmouth; Point Aconi; and Trenton. There are more than 30 small hydroelectric power plants, of which the largest is at Wreck Cove in the Cape Breton Highlands. In 1984 and 1985 a small pilot plant designed to test the potential for energy production by the tidal flow of the Bay of Fundy was opened at the estuary of the Annapolis River. The project is still in operation. | ||
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