Bedford, NS
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Waterfront development in Bedford, NS at the tip of the Bedford Basin
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 Location of Bedford in Halifax Regional Municipality |
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 Bedford
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| Coordinates: 44°43′56″N 63°39′24″W / 44.73212°N 63.65676°WCoordinates: 44°43′56″N 63°39′24″W / 44.73212°N 63.65676°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| District | 21 |
| Founded | 1750 |
| Incorporated | July 1, 1980 |
| Amalgamated | April 1, 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Halifax Regional Council |
| • Community Council | North West Community Council |
| Highest elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 23,019 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Postal code span | B4A to B4B |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Median Income | $100,131 CDN |
| Telephone Exchange | 832, 835, 444 |
| GNBC Code | CACLW |
| NTS Map | 011D12 |
Bedford is a suburban community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980 to 1996. Bedford is on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour, which ends just before Nova Scotia Highway 102 and the Bedford Bypass, next to Lower Sackville. Bedford is at the junctions of Trunks 1, 2, and 7.
Father Le Loutre's War began when Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports on June 21, 1749. By unilaterally establishing Halifax the British were violating earlier treaties with the Mi'kmaq (1726), which were signed after Father Rale's War. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Mi'kmaq, Acadian and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), Bedford (Fort Sackville) (1749), Dartmouth (1750), Lunenburg (1753) and Lawrencetown (1754).
The history of Bedford began when Governor Edward Cornwallis organised his men and began the construction of a road leading to Minas Basin on the Bay of Fundy after establishing the garrison at Halifax. To protect it, he hired John Gorham and his Rangers to erect a fort on the shore of Bedford Basin. It was named Fort Sackville after Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. The area around the fort became known as Sackville until the mid-1850s, when it became Bedford.
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