Timberlea, Nova Scotia
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Timberlea is a community located on the rural/suburban fringe of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The name means a broad meadow in a forest.
Timberlea is a part of the Timberlea-Prospect provincial electoral district. Bill Estabrooks of the New Democratic Party has been the member of the Legislative Assembly since 1999.
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[edit] History
In the 1800s, Timberlea was often referred to as Bowser's Station, after Angus Bowser, who ran a hotel near the area's train station near Greenwood Heights. Aubrey Fraser was an early settler in the area, and he, his father and brothers stationed a saw mill along the Nine Mile River. Almost a decade following the Halifax Explosion, the Bowser's Hotel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller. It had been a frequent stop for people traveling along the St. Margaret's Bay Road, between Halifax and Yarmouth. The Hotel was leveled in a fire, on the night of December 12th, 1947.
[edit] Contemporary issues
Today, the area is a steadily growing residential area. There is discussion over preserving a substantially large area of crown land for park near the lakes. Tentative plans are being discussed over the prospect of a community library, and construction and Restoration of a "Fraser's Mill Museum", commemorating the saw mill once owned by the Fraser family.
[edit] Demographics
- Population - 5477
- Total Dwellings - 1860
- Total Land Area - 6.2885 Km²
- BLT Elementary Population - 800 children
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