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The first European settlers to arrive in the area were Pierre Bellanger and his family in 1909. They travelled aboard the Grace Darling from Albany to take up 4,000 acres (16 km 2) of land. [3] Land in the Walpole area was reserved for a national park in 1910, and the area subsequently became a popular holiday destination.
A small section of the Lake Muir National Park is also located within the north of North Walpole, a section of the Walpole-Nornalup National Park is located within the south-west, and a section of the Mount Roe National Park in the north-east of the locality. [2] [3] North Walpole is on the traditional lands of the Mineng people of the Noongar ...
Walpole-Nornalup National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, 355 km (221 mi) south of Perth. It is famous for its towering karri and tingle trees. Red tingle trees are unique to the Walpole area. The park is part of the larger Walpole Wilderness Area that was established in 2004, an international biodiversity ...
The concept of a Walpole Wilderness Area was first developed by Donna Selby and Cath Roberts on behalf of the South Coast Environment Group Inc., in 1998. [1] During the height of the old growth logging debate, the Walpole Wilderness proposal sought to realise the region's potential for nature conservation by proposing the creation of a Regional Wilderness Park which expanded and linked ...
The parish covers an area of 19.27 km 2 (7.44 sq mi), and had a population of 1,707 in 654 households as of the 2001 Census, [1] the population increasing to 1,804 at the 2011 Census. [2] For the purposes of local government, Walpole falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward ...
Walpole Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles (29 km) south of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population of Walpole was 26,383 at the 2020 census. [1] Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724.
The CDP is in the west-center part of the town of Walpole, on the east side of the valley of the Connecticut River. The western edge of the CDP follows New Hampshire Route 12, from the outlet of Mill Pond in the north to an unnamed brook south of South Street in the south. The CDP extends southeast to Prospect Hill Road as far as Watkins Hill ...
The Stephen Rowe Bradley House is located on the south side of Westminster Street on the west side of Walpole's village center; the road was one that historically led to the nearby bridge over the Connecticut River, but is now dead ended before reaching New Hampshire Route 12.