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East Hants, officially named the Municipality of the District of East Hants, is a district municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The world's largest open pit gypsum mine is located in Milford, East Hants and currently produces approximately 8,000 tons of gypsum daily. George Elliot Clarke's poem, "West Hants County", tells of the difficult condition of black workers in the gypsum mines. Barite was also an extremely important ore to Hants County. The largest barite mine ...
East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Petersfield, although the largest town is Alton. The district also contains the town of Bordon along with many villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the South Downs National Park.
Noel is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. [1] The community is named after its most prominent resident Noël Doiron and was known for shipbuilding in the nineteenth century.
Enfield is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in both East Hants Municipality and Halifax Regional Municipality.Enfield is situated along the Shubenacadie River and its source at Grand Lake, and is directly adjacent to the community of Elmsdale.
Stanley is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. [1] [2]Slightly over halfway between the equator and the North Pole, Stanley is 56 kilometers north of Halifax and 23 kilometers east of Windsor, on Route 236.
In 1861, along with the township of Douglas, Nova Scotia, the Rawdon township became part of the newly formed Municipal District of East Hants, along with neighbouring townships. The Rawdon township area is now the site of the present-day communities of Upper Rawdon, Centre Rawdon, South Rawdon, and Rawdon Gold Mines.
Gore is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County.The community was named after Charles Stephen Gore. [1] ( Gore was the Aide-de-camp of Major General James Kempt, after whom Kempt, Nova Scotia is named. [2])