South Maitland, Nova Scotia

South Maitland in Nova Scotia

South Maitland is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia. The community was one of the stops on the Shubenacadie Canal system and the site of a number of 19th century shipyards including the yard that built the barque Calburga in 1890, the last large square rigger to sail under a Canadian flag. The village is best known for the historic bridge built over the Shubenacadie River, a large bridge built over challenging tidal waters by the Midland Railway, part of the Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1901.[1] Demolished in the 1990s, a surviving abutment of the railway bridge was retrofitted in 2006 by the Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre at South Maitland as an interpretive lookoff and walking trail showcasing the massive tides of the Shubenacadie River. A former railway caboose is also preserved beside the interpretive tail.[2]

Coordinates: 45°15′13″N 63°28′29″W / 45.25361°N 63.47472°W / 45.25361; -63.47472 (South Maitland, Nova Scotia)

References

  1. ↑ "South Maitland Bridge", Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Institute
  2. ↑ "About us", Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre


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