Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor is a small town located in central Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,778.

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Nova Scotia - Avon - St. Croix Rivers - Hants County

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Windsor is 66 kilometres northwest of Halifax, approximately 20 kilometres from the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley. Windsor used to be a railway junction for the Dominion Atlantic Railway where a route to Truro joined with the mainline between Halifax and Yarmouth.

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Halifax - Annapolis Valley - Railway - Dominion Atlantic Railway - Truro - Yarmouth

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Today the community is a local service centre for the rural communities of West Hants. Fundy Gypsum, a mining company operating gypsum mines just east of town, is a major employer in the region. Southwestern Nova Scotia's only alpine ski hill is located 3 kilometres up the Avon River valley from Windsor at Martock.

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Gypsum - Alpine ski - Martock

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