Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
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Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, 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. It is part of the urban area of Halifax .
First settled in August of 1749 by Captain John Gorham, acting on orders from Governor Edward Cornwallis to establish a military fort named Fort Sackville, Lower Sackville is now one of the fastest growing communities in Nova Scotia, and contains a mix of residential and commercial development in the Sackville River valley, immediately north of the former town of Bedford
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Bedford is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980-1996. Bedford lies on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour...
. Before amalgamation into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996, Lower Sackville was an unincorporated part of Halifax County
Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein...
(2001 pop.: 27,941). This area of HRM experienced a 7% population growth rate between 1996-2001 (2006 pop.: approx. 35,000).
As a result of its unincorporated status before 1996, Lower Sackville and adjacent unincorporated communities such as Middle Sackville
Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia
Middle Sackville is a suburban community located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Middle Sackville is located immediately north of Lower Sackville and south of Upper Sackville...
and Upper Sackville
Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia
Upper Sackville is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.It is situated in the Sackville River valley immediately north of Middle Sackville and south of Mount Uniacke on Trunk 1. Upper Sackville is approximately 23 kilometres driving distance from downtown...
did not benefit from appropriate planning and are examples of urban sprawl
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependent development on rural land, high segregation of uses Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a...
. The community's growth reflects its central location, near both Halifax and Dartmouth, with easy access to Highway 102
Nova Scotia Highway 102
Highway 102 is a north-south freeway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Truro. It is the busiest highway in Atlantic Canada....
and Highway 101
Nova Scotia Highway 101
Highway 101 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Bedford to Yarmouth.The highway follows a route along the southern coast of the Bay of Fundy through the Annapolis Valley. Between its western terminus at Yarmouth to Weymouth, the highway is 2-lane controlled access. Between...
. Proximity to downtown Halifax and Burnside Industrial Park gives the suburbs of Lower Sackville the advantages of employment opportunities and services of a larger city, and is typical of most commuter communities experiencing growth in North America.
Recreational pursuits in the community revolve around sports fields at local schools and parks, as well as the Sackville Sports Stadium, which is equipped with two swimming pools, gymnasium, curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
rink, and one of Lower Sackville's two ice hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
arenas. The majority of Lower Sackville's suburbs were built in the 1970s on the southern edge of First Lake which offers outdoor recreational opportunities. The Bedford-Sackville Connector Greenway is a crushed gravel covered trail running beside the Sackville River from the intersection of Cobequid Road and Sackville Drive to Bedford Place Mall. Prior to the opening of the trail in 2006, there was no easy way to walk from Lower Sackville to Bedford. A provincial park reserve borders the northern edge of the community at Second Lake.
Lower Sackville has experienced ribbon/strip-style commercial development along Highway 1 since the 1960s. Current retail chains include Sobeys
Sobeys
Sobeys is the second largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,300 supermarkets operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than $14 billion CAD in 2009...
, Atlantic Superstore
Atlantic Superstore
Atlantic Superstore is a Canadian supermarket chain of 54 stores in the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island...
, Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is one of Canada's 60 largest publicly traded companies. The firm operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing hardgoods, apparel and petroleum as well as financial and automotive services, employing more than 58,000 people across Canada...
, Cleves, Dollarama
Dollarama
Dollarama is a chain of over 690 dollar stores across Canada. The company is headquartered in Montreal and, since 2009, is Canada's largest retailer of items for 2 dollars or less. The first Dollarama store was created at the shopping centre "Les promenades du St-Laurent" in Matane...
, Reitmans
Reitmans
Reitmans Limited is a Canadian retailing company, specializing in women's apparel, that was founded in 1926 by Herman and Sarah Reitman, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
and Walmart. There are numerous independent retailers located in this area as well. Tom's Restaurant is the only "fine dining" available in Lower Sackville, with most restaurants being of the fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
variety, as well as those offering Chinese-Canadian food and pizza.
The community hosts two high schools: Sackville High School
Sackville High School
Sackville High School is a Canadian public secondary school located in the community of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board .Its feeder schools are A.J...
and Millwood High School
Millwood High School
Millwood High School is a public secondary school in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia that offers a post-secondary preparation program for students in grades ten through twelve. It is a part of the Halifax Regional School Board, and one of 17 high schools in the Halifax Regional Municipality...
, along with a community run museum, Fultz House
Fultz House
The Bennett Daniel Fultz House is one of the earliest houses in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia and the community's only museum. It is located on its original land, on the corner of the "Great Roads" leading from Halifax to Truro and to the Annapolis Valley....
.
Districts of Lower Sackville
The following are the districts of Lower Sackville, their geographical location, and/or main road:- East Sackville - First Lake Drive
- North Sackville - Stokil Drive and Armcrest
- West Sackville - Riverside Drive
- South Sackville - Between the lower half of Sackville Drive and Glendale Drive, also includes Chandler Peninsula
- Downtown - Upper half of Sackville Drive, close to Beaver Bank Road
- Olde Sackville - Old Sackville Road and Riverside Estates
- Sunnyvale - Sunnyvale Crescent
- Century Park
- Millwood Village - Millwood Drive
- Sackville Estates - Below Century Park, connected to Millwood
- Seawood - Seawood Avenue
- Walker Area - Walker Avenue
- Industrial Park - Lower half of Cobequid Road and Glendale Avenue
- Cobequid - Upper half of Cobequid Road
- Stonemount - Stonemount Drive
Some neighbourhoods of Lower Sackville are also known by their tendency to use street names starting with the same letter:
- "S" Section: Smokey Dr, Stokil Dr, Sampson Dr, Saratoga Dr, Saturn Dr, Spinner Cres, Sappire Cres
- "N" Section: Nordic Cres, Neilly Dr, Nappan Dr, Newcombe Dr, Nictaux Dr
- "L" Section: Lennox Dr, Lumsden Cres, Lynville Dr, Lydgate Dr
- "C" Section: Cavalier Dr, Cavendish Dr, Cartier Cres, Cabot Cres, Crimson Dr
- "P" Section: Polara Dr, Polara Ct, Phoenix cres
- "Q" Section: Quaker Cres, Quinn Dr, Queens Ct
- "R" Section: Rogers Dr, Rankin Dr, Riverside Dr, Rothesay Ct
Others sections of Lower Sackville can have street names sharing a common theme. For example, most streets off of Riverside Dr are named after types of trees (Spruce Ave, Balsam Circle, Aspen Cres, Sycamore Ln, Briarwood Ct, Candlewood Ln, Candlewood Ct, Alder Cres, Maplegrove Ave); many streets in the Millwood area are named with a logging/forestry theme (Millwood Dr, Jackladder Dr, Kindling Cres, Lumberman Dr, etc); others are named for fathers of Canadian Confederation. In the Caudle Park area (Brown Avenue, Chandler Drive, Haviland Street, Johnson Crescent, McGee Drive, Mowat Crescent, Pope Crescent, Shea Street, Tache Street, Wilmot Street) and in between Glendale and Sackville Drives (Chapais Drive, Cockburn Drive & Court, Coles Road, Dickey Drive, Howland Drive & Court, Langevan Drive, McDougall Avenue, Tilloch, spelled, Tillock, Drive & Court, Steeves Court, Tilley Court).
Notable persons born in/from Lower Sackville
- Charles FenertyCharles FenertyCharles Fenerty , is a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. Fenerty was also a poet...
, the inventor of newsprintNewsprintNewsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper most commonly used to print newspapers, and other publications and advertising material. It usually has an off-white cast and distinctive feel. It is designed for use in printing presses that employ a long web of paper rather than individual sheets of...
made from wood pulpWood pulpPulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.-History:...
. - James SheppardJames SheppardJames Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL.- Junior career :...
, NHL player for the San Jose SharksSan Jose SharksThe San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. - Nikki PayneNikki PayneNikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
, award-winning stand-up comedienne and contestant on the 2006 edition of NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television's reality show Last Comic StandingLast Comic StandingLast Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...
. Also, frequent juror on Much Music's show Video on TrialVideo On TrialVideo on Trial is a Canadian comedy television program that airs on Canadian television network MuchMusic. The show consists of a panel of musicians, comedians, and entertainment columnists critiquing five different music videos in a courtroom-esque manner. The panel acts as the jurors, poking fun...
. She attended Millwood High School. - Brad MarchandBrad MarchandBradley Kevin Marchand is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing left wing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . Marchand was selected by the Bruins, 71st overall, at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He played his junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League...
, Boston BruinsBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
draft pick. (Brad Marchand is originally from Lower Sackville but later grew up in Hammonds Plains) - Andrew Bush, former co-host of the CBC TelevisionCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
show Street CentsStreet CentsStreet Cents is a teen-themed newsmagazine TV series that originally aired on CBC Television between 1989 and 2006. It was one of a few shows focused on consumer and media awareness for young people. The series was created by producer John Nowlan. He cites Britain's Pocket Money as one of the...
, currently a member of the PicnicfacePicnicfacePicnicface is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe based in Halifax, NS consisting of Mark Little, Andrew Bush, Kyle Dooley, Cheryl Hann, Brian MacQuarrie, Evany Rosen, Scott Vrooman and Bill Wood. Formed in 2006, the group's alternative comedy style quickly caught on with millions of Internet viewers...
Comedy troupe. - Erin Sullivan, radio announcer.