Hubbards, Nova Scotia

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Planning Area = St. Margarets Bay
Population = 401 [http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?minx=8358035.22802693&miny=1409814.76428566&maxx=8404421.78264878&maxy=1438050.05840331&Last
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Communities = Black Point, Boutiliers Point, French Village, Glen Haven, Glen Margaret, Nova Scotia, Hacketts Cove, Head of St. Margarets Bay, Hubbards, Hubley, Indian Harbour, Ingramport, Lewis Lake, Peggys Cove, Queensland, Seabright, Simms Settlement, Tantallon, Upper Tantallon
Community Council = Western Region Community Council

Location map
Nova Scotia
lat=44.6390
long=-64.0510
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Hubbards is an unincorporated Canadian rural community on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

Geography

Hubbards is located on the eastern side of the Aspotogan Peninsula, and along the northern shore of St. Margarets Bay. It borders the communities of Simms Settlement and Queensland.

Hubbards sits astride the county line bordering Halifax County and Lunenburg County and is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality and Chester Municipal District respectively.

Hubbards is located approximately 50 kilometres west of Downtown Halifax and 50 kilometres east of Bridgewater on Highway 103.

History

In the earlier part of the 20th century, Hubbards was a successful fishing community. During the Cold War, the Canadian Forces established a naval radio station at Mill Cove in 1967. CFS Mill Cove was a major employer in the Hubbards area until its automation in the 1990s when it was downgraded to Naval Radio Station Mill Cove.

Hubbards is a popular summer vacation destination. Numerous cottages, inns, campgrounds, restaurants and the Shore Club (the last of Nova Scotia's great dance halls) contribute to a healthy summer economy. The Hubbards and Area Business Association works to sustain a "shop local" economy. Hubbards features a picturesque locale, especially on Hubbards Cove, with a yacht club, Nova Scotia's smallest provincial park, campground and 10 beaches within "driving distance" of one another.

The CBC television series Black Harbour was shot on location in Hubbards between 1996 and 1999.

hatford Trust Fund

After his death in the late 1950s, oil businessman J.D. Shatford, who was born in Hubbards, left money to the community to start an educational trust fund through which local residents graduating from high school receive bursaries for post-secondary education. The Shatford Trust Fund also built the J.D. Shatford Memorial Library, the Hubbards firehall, and supplied funding to both churches and other community facilities.

External links

* [http://halifax.ca/civicaddress/documents/Hubbards.pdf Hubbards HRM Civic Addressing Map]
* [http://hubbardsandarea.ca/ Hubbards and area]
* [http://www.hubbardsheritage.ca/ Hubbards Heritage]
* [http://www.hubbardscove.com Hubbards Tourism]
* [http://www.hubbardsbeach.com/ Hubbards Beach]
* [http://www.jdshatfordmemorialtrust.org/ J.D. Sharford Memorial Trust]

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Hubbards, Nova Scotia
North = undeveloped portion of South Shore
Northeast = undeveloped portion of South Shore
East = Queensland, Nova Scotia
"via Nova Scotia Trunk 3"
Southeast = St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
South = Fox Point, Nova Scotia
"via Nova Scotia Route 329"
Southwest = undeveloped portion of Aspotogan Peninsula
West = Simms Settlement, Nova Scotia
"via Nova Scotia Trunk 3"
Northwest = undeveloped portion of South Shore