Truro (Nova Scotia)

Truro is a city in the center of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and is also the administrative center of Colchester County.

The city is located on the south side of the Salmon River, near the mouth of the Cobequid Bay.

History

The first settlement was founded in 1761 by Presbyterians from Northern Ireland. The settlement was named after the city of Truro in Cornwall (England). Initially, a small community of farmers, the settlement grew after the construction of the railway between Halifax and Pictou in 1858 rapidly. 1875 Truro was finally registered as a town.

Traffic

Today Truro is referred to as the " Hub of Nova Scotia ", as it acts a point of intersection of the Canadian National Railway, between Halifax and Montreal, and the Nova Scotia Railway, between Truro and Sydney. Until the 1980s, Truro was also the terminus of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, which led to Yarmouth by the Annapolis Valley.

Also in the traffic of Highways of Nova Scotia Truro plays as a hub a significant role. It intersect the Nova Scotia Highway 104 here, part of the Trans - Canada Highway, and the Nova Scotia Highway 102

Furthermore, Truro has a bus service to Halifax and Amherst, with which one comes with various stops to Toronto.

Educational institutions

Truro has several junior high schools and one high school called Cobequid Educational Centre which is the largest in the province, with about 1700 students. Also located in the city of Nova Scotia, a campus Community College ( NSCC ), which also includes a fitness center and a swimming pool. In the neighboring village of Bible Hill Nova Scotia is also the Agricultural College ( NSAC ), which has extensive research areas as well as an area with accommodations located.

Others

The city of Truro is dominated by tree sculptures that were carved from elm tree stumps. These tree sculptures have led to the Truro as the true " tree sculpture capital of Nova Scotia ."

In Truro is also home to the well-known across Canada textile factory Stanfield 's Limited. It is the last successful factory of its kind in Canada.

In 2003 Truro was affected by Hurricane Juan. There was severe flooding and power outages that lasted in some cases more than a week.

Truro is home to four parts of the Berlin Wall. You are in Prince's Street, at the height of Inglis Street.

The recreation area Victoria Park is a protected forest (160 ha = 400 acres) in the south of the city. The park next to the Lepper Brook, who has two waterfalls, hiking trails yet to explore the natural landscape.