Amherst (Nova Scotia)

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Amherst is a city of the county of Cumberland, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, with roughly 194 kilometers in the North-West of Halifax and with 3 kilometers of the border of New Brunswick. In date of 2001, the population was of 9.470 people. The city is located in the time zone normal Atlantique, UTC-4.

The town of Amherst is located at the exact center geographical of the Seaboard provinces of Canada, which makes of it a very important city in the local industry of transport, in particular with the imports/exports passing by the border Nouveau Brunswick/Nova Scotia. The city is at two hours of the Halifax capital, at half an hour of the international airport, one hour of the island of the Prince-Edouard and at forty minutes of Moncton, (Nouveau Brunswick). Amherst is more the big city in the county of Cumberland.

According to Dr. Graham P. Hennessey, “the name original intrigue would be Nemcheboogwek, which means gone up ground. The Acadian ones which settled here as of 1672 called the village the Boards . It was called Amherst by colonel Joseph Morse, first colonist to be established on the territory, in the honor of the lord Jeffrey Amherst, ordering British forces in America. ”

The plans of the city were drawn for the first time in 1764 by immigrants come from the Yorkshire after expulsion from Acadian, with the original payment being located three kilometers of south-west of on the compartment of Fundy. The British Loyalistes joined them during the American revolution. A mill was built close to the village and the inhabitants wanted to live more close to their work place.

Towards the end of the year 1870, Amherst knew industrialization much, during the construction of the railroad intercolonial, and this to the First World War. Foundries, factories and many mills opened soon, and the city was soon called “Amherst occupied”.

The local industrialists and contractors built many fine houses victoriennes and Edwardian along the street of Victoria is driving towards the hamlet of East Amherst. Many notable lived in this district, including sir Charles Tupper; the senator Thomas R. Black; the Barker family; the Lamy family; Dr. Cogan; Christian Cardell Corbet; the Pugsley family; and Molly Simmons Critchely.

Four fathers of confederation came from Amherst: Edward B. Chandler, Robert B. Dickey, Jonathan McCully, and Charles Tupper.

The prosperity of Amherst would not last: the economic policies of the federal government and the provincial governments are a failure in the conjecture of the First World War. The industrial economy of the city slowly falls declining during the years 1910, whereas the general strike of Amherst causes it Malayan and the anger of the workmen.

The closing of companies such as Robb Engineering & Manufacturing, Canada Because and Foundry, Amherst Pianos gradually leads resignation and to the abandonment of the dreams. At the XXe century, other centers of manufacture however are built. During the years 1960, an industrial park for example is built in Amherst at the time when the Route transcanadienne develops. Today the majority of the principal employers of the city are located there, including Polycello and IMP Aerospace.

Amherst accommodated a detention center of prisoner of war during the First World War, and the Russian revolutionist Leon Trotsky was imprisoned there during several months after being stopped in Halifax (Nova Scotia) in April of 1917.

During the Second world war the Canadian royal Marine baptized the ship NCSM Amherst in the honor of the city.

The station of Amherst is stopped at by the train the Ocean of Via Rail Canada. The city is also served by the coaches of the Acadian Lines.

Companies

Amherst is the business district of the county of Cumberland, and the first city which a visitor will meet while travelling in Nova Scotia and to New Brunswick. The city has several large and small stores, including the Wal-Mart, Sobeys, Atlantic Superstore, Zellers, Kent Building Beg and Shoppers Drug Mart. There are also family restaurants in the downtown area and various historical buildings. Thanks to road 104, related to the road transcanadienne, the restaurants close to the street Albion are popular destinations for the public.

Teams of sports

The sporting team most popular with Amherst is Amherst Ramblers.

Notorious citizens

Latitude and longitude

External bonds

  • Town of Amherst

  • the local newspaper of Amherst, 1914 and 1939
  • Canada Environment - Weather - Amherst
  • Central Nova Tourist tourist Association Information

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