Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville is a suburban community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies approximately 27 km (17 mi) by road from Downtown Halifax.[2]

Lower Sackville
Suburban Community
Aerial view of Lower Sackville
Map of Sackville planning area in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lower Sackville
Location of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°46′35″N 63°41′44″W
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
MunicipalityHalifax Regional Municipality
Founded1749
Amalgamated with HalifaxApril 1, 1996
Area
 • Total5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code
B4C, B4E, B4G
Area code(s)902, 782
Telephone Exchange252, 864, 865, 869
Websitewww.lowersackville.com

History
Main article: History of the Halifax Regional Municipality

Before the European colonization in 1749, the Mi'kmaq lived in this area for thousands of years.

In August 1749, Captain John Gorham, acting on orders from Governor Edward Cornwallis to establish a military fort named Fort Sackville. (The community was named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.[3]) Lower Sackville is now one of the fastest growing communities in Nova Scotia, and contains a mix of residential and commercial development in the Sackville River valley, immediately north of the former town of Bedford. As the community grew, the oak trees that lined the main drive were cut down one by one due to poor urban planning, and as more homes were desired the farmlands deceased to make way for further urbanization.

Before amalgamation into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996, Lower Sackville was an unincorporated part of Halifax County. In the 1950s and 1960s it was a destination for Haligonians seeking entertainment at the drive-in theater, WW2 bomber plane ice cream attraction and Sackville Downs harness racing track which provided entertainment until it closed in 1986.

A result of its unincorporated status before 1996, Lower Sackville and adjacent unincorporated communities such as Middle Sackville and Upper Sackville did not benefit from appropriate planning and are examples of urban sprawl. The community's growth reflects its central location, near both Halifax and Dartmouth, with easy access to Highway 102, Highway 101 and Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Proximity to downtown Halifax and Burnside and Bayers Lake Industrial Parks gives the suburbs of Lower Sackville the advantages of employment opportunities and services of a larger city, and is typical of most commuter communities experiencing growth in North America.

Lower Sackville has experienced ribbon/strip-style commercial development along Trunk 1 since the 1960s. Current retail chains include Sobeys, Atlantic Superstore, Canadian Tire, Cleve's Sporting Goods, Dollarama and Giant Tiger. There are numerous independent retailers located in this area as well. Most of the restaurants in the area are of the fast food or family dining variety, in addition to others offering Chinese-Canadian food and pizza.

Sports

Recreational pursuits in the community revolve around sports fields at local schools and parks, as well as the Sackville Sports Stadium, which is equipped with two swimming pools, gymnasium, curling rink, and one of Lower Sackville's two ice hockey arenas. The majority of Lower Sackville's suburbs were built in the 1970s on the southern edge of First Lake which offers outdoor recreational opportunities. The Bedford-Sackville Connector Greenway is a crushed gravel-covered trail running beside the Sackville River from the intersection of Cobequid Road and Sackville Drive to Bedford Place Mall. Prior to the opening of the trail in 2006, there was no easy way to walk from Lower Sackville to Bedford. A provincial park reserve borders the northern edge of the community at Second Lake.

Education

The community hosts two high schools: Sackville High School and Millwood High School, along with a community-run museum, Fultz House. There are 19 elementary schools located in and around Lower Sackville.[4]

Districts of Lower Sackville

The following are the districts of Lower Sackville, their geographical location, and/or main road:[5]

  • East Sackville - First Lake Drive
  • North Sackville - Stokil Drive and Armcrest
  • West Sackville - Riverside Drive
  • South Sackville - Between the lower half of Sackville Drive and Glendale Drive, also includes Chandler Peninsula
  • Downtown - Upper half of Sackville Drive, close to Beaver Bank Road
  • Olde Sackville - Old Sackville Road and Riverside Estates
  • Sunnyvale - Sunnyvale Crescent
  • Sackville Estates - Below Century Park, connected to Millwood
  • Seawood - Seawood Avenue
  • Walker Area - Walker Avenue
  • Industrial Park - Lower half of Cobequid Road and Glendale Avenue
  • Cobequid - Upper half of Cobequid Road
  • Stonemount - Stonemount Drive

Some neighbourhoods of Lower Sackville are also known by their tendency to use street names starting with the same letter:

  • "S" Section: Smokey Dr, Stokil Dr, Sampson Dr, Saratoga Dr, Saturn Dr, Spinner Cres, Sappire Cres
  • "N" Section: Nordic Cres, Neilly Dr, Nappan Dr, Newcombe Dr, Nictaux Dr
  • "L" Section: Lennox Dr, Lumsden Cres, Lynville Dr, Lydgate Dr
  • "C" Section: Cavalier Dr, Cavendish Dr, Cartier Cres, Cabot Cres, Crimson Dr
  • "P" Section: Polara Dr, Polara Ct, Phoenix Cres
  • "Q" Section: Quaker Cres, Quinn Dr, Queens Ct
  • "R" Section: Rogers Dr, Rankin Dr, Riverside Dr, Rothesay Ct

Other streets are notable for having their namesakes the Fathers of Canadian Confederation: Chandler, Wilmot, McGee, Nelson, Coles, Brown, Dickie, Mowat, Shea, Chapais, Cockburn, Dickie, Tilloch, Haviland, Cartier, Howland, Johnson, Langevin, MacDougall, Pope, Steeves, Tache, Tilley

Notable people

References
  1. "Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan" (PDF). halifax.ca. Government of the Municipality of Halifax. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Google Maps.
  3. https://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/places/page.asp?ID=600
  4. http://www.lowersackville.com/lowersackvilleschools.html
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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