West Hants, Nova Scotia

West Hants, Nova Scotia

West Hants is a municipal district in Hants County, Nova Scotia.

It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the East Hants municipal district.

West Hants entirely surrounds the incorporated town of Windsor.

The poet George Elliot Clarke is from West Hants. His poem, "West Hants County" tells of the difficult condition of black workers in the gypsum mines at one time in its history.

External links

* [http://www.westhants.ca/ West Hants Website]
* [http://www.town.windsor.ns.ca/Index.html Town of Windsor]
* [http://www.avondalemedia.ca/APWPS/Windsor%20West%20Hants%20Mining%20Profile.pdf Hants County mining history and profile]


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