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Auburn
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Auburn, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 19.1
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
Description & History
Settled after the American Revolution, Auburn was named after a village in Westmeath, England. It became a farming community along the DAR, marked by its major landmark, the 1790s St. MAry's Anglican church, located just across the street from the train station.[1]
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Topographic map from Auburn to Aylesford circa 1956.
Auburn station sign, July 1, 1961.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
- ↑ C. Bruce Fergusson, "Spencer's Island", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 23.
