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Centreville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Coordinates: 43°28′32″N 65°36′08″W / 43.47556°N 65.60222°W / 43.47556; -65.60222 (Centreville, Nova Scotia)
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Centreville
Centreville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Centreville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Location of Centreville, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°28′32″N 65°36′08″W / 43.475556°N 65.602222°W / 43.475556; -65.602222[1]
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
CountyShelburne
Municipal districtBarrington
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code902
Access Routes Route 330

Centreville is a small community on Cape Sable Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County.[2]

Centreville was, in the early 1820s, the site of the first Free Will Baptist church in Nova Scotia, founded by Rev. Asa McGray.[3]

The Archelaus Smith Museum (1896) in Centreville is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Centreville[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
  3. ^ New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
  4. ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-06. Canadian Register of Historic Places
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43°28′32″N 65°36′08″W / 43.47556°N 65.60222°W / 43.47556; -65.60222 (Centreville, Nova Scotia)