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695 Prince Street
Truro,
Nova Scotia
B2N 1G5
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley
Description From Owner:
- The Aboriginal people called the place Wagobagitk, the end of the waters flow, referring to the Fundy tides. Prior to the expulsion in 1755 this was the site of an Acadian settlement called Cobequid.
- This place was named for Truro in Cornwall, England, memorable for the surrender of Lord Hopton's troops to General Fairfax after the Battle of Naseby. Truro's nickname is Hubtown because of its strategic location, and was incorporated as a town in 1875.
- In 1689 King Louis XIV gave a massive land grant to Mathieu Martin of the land surrounding Cobequid Bay, then called Cocobeguy and by 1720 about 50 French families had settled around the present sites of Cobequid and Truro.
- Truro is shown on a 1756 French map as Vil Bois Brulé, ‘village of the burned wood.' In 1755 the Acadians were forced out of the area and their buildings burned. By 1759 Bostonians began settling at Truerow.
- Colchester County: The area was first known as Cobequid District. The name was changed in 1780 to Colchester after the town in Essex, England. In 1835 it became a county.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
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Truro Raceway or the N.S. Provincial Exhibition is at the Exhibition Grounds, 73 Ryland Ave., Bible Hill, across the river from Truro.
There is live harness racing most Sundays and daily simulcast wagering on the top North American thoroughbred and standardbred tracks.
Dining and lounge facilities are in a glass-enclosed grandstand.
The name Stanfield has become almost synonymous with Truro, a political dynasty that started with John Stanfield (1868-1934), MP for Colchester 1907-17, and senator 1921-34. His brother Frank Stanfield I (1872-1931) was MLA for Colchester 1911-20 and 1925-30, and Lt.-Gov. of the province, 1930-31.
They were followed by sons Frank II (1903-67), MP for Colcheser-Hants, 1945-53, and Robert L. Stanfield, premier of Nova Scotia, 1956-67, and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, 1967-76.
The Little White Schoolhouse Museum
is on the grounds of Nova Scotia Community College, 20 Arthur St., Truro.
The school was originally in Riverton and is typical of one-room schoolhouses from the mid-1800s to 1950.
Truro's Victoria Park
The park was established in 1887 when Susan Waddell Stevens donated 25 acres of land for the creation of a public park.
The natural woodland park has since grown to 1,000 acres (4 sq km).
The park is on the south edge of the Salmon River valley near the boundary of the town and is dominated by Lepper Brook, which joins the Salmon River near the town's business district.
The brook has carved a deep gorge and drops over Waddell Falls and Joseph Howe Falls within the park.
There are walking and hiking trails, boardwalks to prevent erosion of steep hillsides and a 175-step Jacob's Ladder' to a lookout above the waterfalls.
There are gravelled bicycle paths and groomed downhill ski trails in the winter. In summer there's a large swimming pool, toddlers pool, waterslide and spray pad and a playground.
There are public washrooms, concerts on summer Sundays, tennis courts, a picnic pavilion and Holy Well, a replica of an early Acadian well from the area
'Long Johns' Were Invented In Truro
What came to be known as 'long johns' were invented in Truro in 1915 and originally called "underwear combination."
It was long underwear in two pieces that could be adjusted to fit different body lengths. Frank Stanfield came up with the idea.
In 1898 he and his brother John had developed "Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear."
Robert Lorne Stanfield
'Best prime minister Canada never had' He's often called 'the best prime minister Canada never had.'
But when he was campaigning for that position, Robert Stanfield (1914-2003) of Truro came up against Trudeaumania and didn't stand a chance.
He was elected leader of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party in 1948 when the party had no seats in the House of Assembly.
Within eight years, the PCs came to power and Stanfield remained as premier through the next three provincial elections.
In 1967 he ran for leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, in chaos under John Diefenbaker.
He was elected on the fifth ballot and remained as leader of the Official Opposition through the Trudeau years, resigning in 1975 to be replaced by Joe Clark.
He remained as a member of Parliament until 1979. He was one of very few Canadians on whom the Queen has bestowed the title Right Honourable.
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