Wellington, Nova Scotia
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Suburban Community | |
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Wellington is a
History
Wellington is situated on the Canadian National Railway line approximately sixteen miles (26 kilometres) north of the city of Halifax. It was formerly known as Fletcher's Bridge on Fletcher's from the Fletcher family who resided there. Two thousand acres were granted to William Shaw on September 16, 1784. Other early grantees included James Oram, John Lees and John Gay. Shortly afterwards William Fletcher, Sr. purchased land on both sides of the head of what is now Lake Fletcher from Peter McNab, Senior. His son Robert Fletcher who had been living at Fletcher's Bridge since 1795, purchased William Fletcher's rights but there were difficulties over the title. Robert Fletcher received a grant of 250 acres in 1812, bordering the road from Halifax to Truro, and merchants of Halifax, James and William Cochran, received 500 acres each in the same year.
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Communications
- First three digits of the postal code- B2T
- Eastlink
- Cable Internet access - Eastlink, Bell, CityWide, Purple Cow
References
- ^ "Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan" (PDF). halifax.ca. Government of the Municipality of Halifax. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ C. Bruce Fergusson, "Wellington", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 716.
- ^ "Hammonds Plains, A Traditional Lumbering Community: A History", Hammonds Plains Historical Society
- ^ Alfreda Withrow, One City Many Communities, Nimbus Publishing (1999) p. 116