Birch Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Coordinates: 44°41′02″N 63°40′23″W / 44.68389°N 63.67306°W / 44.68389; -63.67306
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44°41′02″N 63°40′23″W / 44.68389°N 63.67306°W / 44.68389; -63.67306 Birch Cove (

shore of Bedford Basin and along the Bedford Highway (Trunk 2
).

The original place name of the Mi'kmaq, Mnikwaqnik, means "place where they get bark." The English-language name is after the birch trees that hung over the cove by William Donaldson, who named his estate Birch Cove.

History

The

Acadian
village. A gravesite was uncovered in 1890 and scientific analysis proved they were actually Acadian soldiers.

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