Hubbards, Nova Scotia
| Hubbards | |
|---|---|
| Rural Community | |
 |
|
 Hubbards
|
|
| Coordinates: 44°38′34″N 64°03′06″W / 44.6428°N 64.0517°WCoordinates: 44°38′34″N 64°03′06″W / 44.6428°N 64.0517°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Community council | Western Region Community Council |
| Planning Area | St. Margarets Bay |
| Population (2006 census) | |
| • Total | 401 |
Hubbards is an unincorporated Canadian rural community on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
Hubbards is located on the eastern side of the Aspotogan Peninsula, and along the northern shore of St. Margarets Bay. It borders the communities of Simms Settlement and Queensland.
Hubbards sits astride the county line bordering Halifax County and Lunenburg County and is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality and Chester Municipal District respectively.
Hubbards is located approximately 50 kilometres west of Downtown Halifax and 50 kilometres east of Bridgewater on Highway 103.
Hubbards was first settled by French-speaking Protestants, brothers John (1757–1835) and Frederick Dauphinee. As with all those who first settled the east side of the Aspotogan Peninsula, the brothers arrived from across St. Margaret's Bay at French Village, Nova Scotia. Their father emigrated from Montbéliard, France to Halifax and then to Lunenburg. Captain John Dauphinee settled on what became known as Dauphinee's Point. In 1820, John Dauphinee began a lumber mill on Mill Lake.
The origin of the name Hubbard's is likely a corruption of the name Hibbard, Hubert or Hibbert. (The first School in Hubbards was named "Hibbert's Cove School".) The Village was Hubbards Cove until the word “Cove” was dropped (1905). The Fitzroy River which runs through Hubbards may have been named after British Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811).
...
Wikipedia