Ardoise
Ardoise | |
|---|---|
  Ardoise Location within Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 44°57′33″N 63°56′1″W / 44.95917°N 63.93361°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | West Hants |
| Highest elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code | B0N 2A0 |
| Area code | 902 |
| GNBC Code | CAAVS[1] |
Ardoise (formerly Ardoise Hill) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in West Hants Regional Municipality in Hants County.[1] Its name is the French word for slate, and is considered descriptive of the geology of the area.[2]
Reverend George Gillmore was given a land grant of 500 acres in Ardoise in 1786, but found the rocky landscape challenging to cultivate and moved away in 1791. A union meeting house was erected in Ardoise in 1830, and remained standing until at least 1967. A schoolhouse was erected in Ardoise before 1825, condemned in 1869, and a new schoolhouse erected in 1871.[2]
Ardoise had a small gold mining industry from 1887 to 1904.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Place names: Ardoise". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ a b Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 16. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Ardoise". Not Your Grandfather's Mining Industry. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
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