Rural Routes Nova Scotia - Lawrencetown (Halifax)

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Lawrencetown (Halifax)

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Porters Lake, NS (Nearby: Musquodoboit Harbour, Eastern Passage, Meaghers Grant, Shearwater, Head of Jeddore)

5 KEIZER DR
Porters Lake, Nova Scotia
B3E 1A0

Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Eastern Shore

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Named for Charles Lawrence (1709-60), Governor from 1754-60, who set up the township and granted it to 20 proprietors in 1754.
The place is named for Charles Lawrence (1709-60), Governor from 1754-60, whose term coincided with the expulsion of the Acadians (1755), establishment of representative government (1758) and the coming of New England Planters in the 1760s.
That year 200 soldiers and rangers guarded the settlers from Indian attacks while they were hacking a road 17.5 km from Dartmouth and a palisade and blockhouse were built.
Lawrencetown Beach is in a provincial park noted for its breakers and used by surfers year-round, protected since 1973 by the Nova Scotia Life Saving Service.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	Porters Lake, 0km Porter, 2km Middle Porters Lake, 4km West Porters Lake, 6km West Chezzetcook, 4km Porter's Lake Provincial Park, 6km Petain, 5km Head of Chezzetcook (Harbour, Inlet, Lake, River), 5km Desert, 7km Conrod Settlement, 6km Grand Desert, 7km Lake Echo / Minesville, 6km East Chezzetcook, 6km East Lawrencetown, 9km Mineville, 7km Three Fathom Harbour, 9km Chezzetcook Air Weapons Range, 8km	Seaforth, 9km Lloy, 10km West Lawrencetown, 9km Conrods and Lawrencetown Beach, 11km Naugle, 10km Terminal Beach, 11km Lower Three Fathom Harbour, 11km East Preston, 8km Lower East Chezzetcook, 9km Gaetz Brook, 9km Lower East Chezzetcook Beach, 10km Conrod Island Provincial Park, 12km Cole Harbour Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System, 11km Preston, 10km Upper Lawrencetown, 11km Rainbow Haven, 13km West Petpeswick / Greenough Settlement, 11km	East Petpeswick, 12km North Preston / New Road, 12km Waverley Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area, 13km Lake Major, 12km Cow Bay, 15km Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area, 16km Bayers Settlement, 13km Osborne Head Range, 16km Cherry Brook, 13km Musquodoboit Harbour / Petpeswick Harbour, 14km Colby Village, 16km Forest Hills, 15km Sunset Acres, 15km Martinique Beach Provincial Park, 15km Humber Park, 15km Cole Harbour (Dartmouth), 16km