Centreville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Centreville | |
|---|---|
Location of Centreville, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′32″N 65°36′08″W / 43.475556°N 65.602222°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| County | Shelburne |
| Municipal district | Barrington |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Access Routes | Route 330 |
Centreville is a small community on Cape Sable Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,[2] located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County.[3]
Centreville was, in the early 1820s, the site of the first Free Will Baptist church in Nova Scotia, founded by Rev. Asa McGray.[4]
The Archelaus Smith Museum (1896) in Centreville is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Centreville
- ^ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. pp. 118–119. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
- ^ New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
- ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-06. Canadian Register of Historic Places
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43°28′32″N 65°36′08″W / 43.47556°N 65.60222°W