Beaverbank, Nova Scotia
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The sign of Beaver Bank as you enter
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| Motto: "People Together with Nature" | |
 Beaver Bank
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| Coordinates: 44°48′07″N 63°41′17″W / 44.80194°N 63.68806°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Community council | North West Community Council |
| District | 14 - Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville |
| Founded in | 1776 |
| Government | |
| • MP for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook | Darrell Samson (Lib) |
| • Mayor of Halifax | Mike Savage |
| • MLA for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | Bill Horne (Lib) |
| • Councillor of Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville | Lisa Blackburn |
| Population (as of 2011[update]) | |
| • Total | 7,119 (est.) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | B4E, B4C, B4G |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Website | http://www.beaverbank.ca/ |
Beaver Bank (2011 population: 7,119) is a suburban community northeast of Lower Sackville on the Beaver Bank Road (Route 354) within the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is about 35 kilometres from the City of Halifax.
The community of Beaver Bank dates back to 1776 when Loyalists from Boston John Henry Barnstead (1764–1861) and his mother, Mary Brown Parcel Barnstead, arrived there. After the War of 1812 George and John Barrett, shopkeepers from Blackthorn, Oxford, England. In 1816, the Fultz family were granted a thousand acres (4 km²) of land. A museum bears their name in nearby Lower Sackville.
Other long standing families of this area include:
GROVE FAMILY The Grove Family offers a rich contribution to Beaver Bank history. Originally from England, the siblings moved to Nova Scotia after living in Philadelphia for several years. The four Grove sisters quickly established a reputation in Halifax due to their prestigious finishing school in the Downtown area. They were described once as, "Those four English sisters whose ability and character influenced for good so large a number of young ladies of that generation." Woodlands, the Grove residence, was built in Beaver Bank in 1847. The two Grove brothers lived on the property, profiting from saw-milling, brick-making, farming and box-making. In 1880 their sisters returned, and established the Grove School for Young Ladies in its place, which ran until destroyed by fire in 1943. One or all of the Grove sisters is/are the writer(s) of what is thought to be the first piece of children's literature written in Nova Scotia, possibly even Canada, titled Little Grace or Scenes in Nova Scotia. The original book still remains with the Grove family to this day.. The sisters also are the main influence behind the construction of the first Anglican Church in Beaver Bank, in 1886: The Church of the Good Shepard. The Original church was sold in 1998 to a private buyer and removed from its foundation and its proper standing place. Today is it located in the township of Chester and used for private purposes. Frances Shunamon (McCarron, née Grove) donated the land in her newly developed "Shunamon Subdivision" to house the newer and current Church of the Good Shepard, which still stand today.
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