Windsor [1] is a small town in the center of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia (in Hunts County ) at the confluence of the Avon and St Croy . It is the largest settlement in the west of Hampshire County - 3,778 people (2001 census).
| City | |
| Windsor | |
|---|---|
| English Windsor | |
| A country |  Canada |
| Provinces | Nova Scotia |
| County | Hunts |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | |
| First mention | 1685 |
| City with | 1878 |
| Square | 9.6 km² |
| Population | |
| Population | 3,785 people ( 2011 ) |
| Density | 417.8 people / km² |
| Official language | English |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 902 |
| Other | |
| Timezone | UTC − 4 |
Windsor is located 66 kilometers northwest of the city of Halifax and approximately 20 kilometers from the eastern end of the Anapolis Valley . Windsor is the railway hub of the Atlantic Railway ( Dominion Atlantic Railway ) and is located at the junction of the Truro Railway and the railway between Halifax and Yarmouth .
Today, Windsor is a service center for agricultural communities in West Hampshire . The main industrial enterprise here is the mining company Fundy Gypsum, which develops gypsum deposits east of the city. Three kilometers upstream of the Avon River in the valley is the only ski resort in southwestern Nova Scotia.
Notes
- ↑ Eastern Canada // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 214-215. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .