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Amherst (/ ˈ æ m ɜːr s t / AM-urst) [4] is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, and 22 km (14 mi) south of the Northumberland Strait.
Halifax Public Libraries (HPL) is a Canadian public library system, serving residents of Halifax in Nova Scotia.It is the largest public library system in Nova Scotia, [3] with over 2.8 million visits to library branches and 172,520 active registered borrowers or 44% of the municipality's population. [4]
Amherst Nova Scotia: May 1 – July 8, 1896: 74 years, 304 days ... Nova Scotia: December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 ... Library of Parliament.
River Hebert is a village on the River Hebert in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.It is approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Amherst. As of 2021 the population was 468. The village and the river are both named after Louis Hébert, an early French settler from Port Royal, who navigated the river. [1]
Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) is a regional public library system, providing free public library services to the counties of Guysborough, Richmond and Inverness in Nova Scotia, Canada. The library system is governed by the Eastern Counties Regional Library Board and operates under the terms of the Nova Scotia Libraries Act.
Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church is the largest United Church in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and is located at 1 Ratchford Street. The church was formed by the union of Trinity Methodist Church and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church. The first joined service of the two churches, held in today's church building, was on July 6, 1936.
The house. The Great Amherst Mystery was a notorious case of reported poltergeist activity in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1878 and 1879. It was the subject of an investigation by Walter Hubbell, an actor with an interest in psychic phenomena, who kept what he claimed was a diary of events in the house, later expanded into a popular book.
The 1960s saw the Trans-Canada Highway system being upgraded to four-lane expressways. This included a new route between Sackville and Amherst running roughly parallel to LaPlanche Street (Nova Scotia Highway 104-Nova Scotia Trunk 2 meeting New Brunswick Highway 2). Services inevitably became concentrated at the Aulac exit, where the PEI route ...