Lake Echo, Nova Scotia
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Lake Echo is a community that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
Canada
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; approximately 15 kilometres east of Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
. As of 2006, the population was 3,527 .http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?minx=8378727.66500166&miny=1436033.25168059&maxx=8471500.77424536&maxy=1492503.83991589&LastImage=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Output/GeoSearch2006_GEODEPOTFARM51876340336.gif&resolution=H&lang=E&switchTab=0
The area is mostly residential, with several subdivisions built in the 1980s and 1990s.
2008 fire
On June 13, 2008 a forest fire broke out destroying two houses , damaging several others and 6000 acres burned . The fire was believed was cause by a camp fire and the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
laid no charges however it was determined that residue from Hurricane Juan
Hurricane Juan
Hurricane Juan was a significant hurricane that struck the southern part of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003. It was the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Juan formed southeast of Bermuda on September 24, 2003 out of a tropical wave that tracked...
fuelled the fire .The fire was the largest in an urban area fought in Nova Scotia and the largest fire in 30 years.