Truro, Nova Scotia

Truro (2001 population 11,457; area population 44,276) is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of the Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's discharge point into the eastern end of Cobequid Bay.

"Hub of Nova Scotia"

Today Truro is known as the "Hub of Nova Scotia" as it is located at the junction between the Canadian National Railway, running between Halifax and Montreal, and the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway, running between Truro and Sydney. Until the 1980s, Truro also hosted a junction between the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway's former Dominion Atlantic Railway line running through Windsor and down the Annapolis Valley to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Related Topics:
Canadian National Railway - Halifax - Montreal - Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway - Sydney - 1980s - Canadian Pacific Railway - Dominion Atlantic Railway - Windsor - Annapolis Valley - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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An important highway interchange is located just north of Truro in the rural community of Onslow where Nova Scotia Highway 102 (Veterans Memorial Highway) ends at Nova Scotia Highway 104, a part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Related Topics:
Onslow - Nova Scotia Highway 102 - Nova Scotia Highway 104 - Trans-Canada Highway

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