Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia

Lower Sackville
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
Municipality	Halifax
Community	Lower Sackville
Municipal District	District 15 (Lower Sackville)
Founded	1749
Amalgamated with Halifax	April 1, 1996
Area
• Total	5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code	B4C, B4E, B4G
Area code(s)	782, 902
Telephone Exchange	252, 864, 865, 869
Website	www.lowersackville.com

Lower Sackville is a community within the urban area of Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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.). As the community grew, the oak trees that lined the main drive were cut down one-by-one due to poor urban planning. As more homes were desired, the farmlands made way for further urbanization.

In the 1950s and 1960s it was a destination for Haligonians seeking entertainment at the drive-in theater, a harness racing track (Sackville Downs), and a World War II bomber-plane ice cream place. Sackville Downs 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 north-central location within the urban area, near the communities of Dartmouth and Halifax. Proximity to Bayers Lake Business Park, Burnside Business Park, and the Downtowns of Halifax give the community the advantages of employment-opportunities--and--services of a larger municipality, and is typical of most commuter communities experiencing growth in North America.

Before amalgamation into the Municipality of Halifax in 1996, Lower Sackville was an unincorporated part of Halifax County.

On 1 April 1996, Halifax County was dissolved and all of its places (cities, suburbs, towns, and villages) were turned into communities of a single-tier municipality named Halifax Regional Municipality. Subsequently, Lower Sackville was turned into a community within the new Municipality of Halifax.

Today, Lower Sackville is a thriving bedroom community of the Municipality of Halifax with many established businesses, parks, and places of interest.

Geography

According to the 2013 Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan, the community of Lower Sackville covers approximately 566 ha (1,400 acres) of land area.

Lower Sackville is east of Lucasville; north--north-east of Bedford; south-east of Middle Sackville; and south-west of Windsor Junction.

The community is located approximately 18 km (11 mi) from Downtown Dartmouth, approximately 27 km (17 mi) from Downtown Halifax, and approximately 25 km (16 mi) from Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Districts of Lower Sackville

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

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

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

• "C" Section: Cavalier Dr, Cavendish Dr, Cartier Cres, Cabot Cres, Crimson Dr
• "L" Section: Lennox Dr, Lumsden Cres, Lynville Dr, Lydgate Dr
• "N" Section: Nordic Cres, Neilly Dr, Nappan Dr, Newcombe Dr, Nictaux 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
• "S" Section: Smokey Dr, Stokil Dr, Sampson Dr, Saratoga Dr, Saturn Dr, Spinner Cres, Sappire Cres

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

Parks and Recreation

Arenas

• Sackville Sports Stadium

Community Centres

• Acadia Centre
• Kinsmen Community Centre
• Sackville Heights Community Centre

Library

• Sackville Public Library

Museums

• Fultz House

Parks

• Acadia Park
• Sackville Lakes Provincial Park

Pools

• Sackville Sports Stadium

Trails

• Bedford-Sackville Connector

Demographics

The only demographic information that pertains to Lower Sackville is provided by Halifax Regional Council, and pertains to District 15 (Lower Sackville). District 15 (Lower Sackville) has 21,379 people living within its boundaries. However, the community itself does not have any recent demographic information.

Economy

Lower Sackville has experienced ribbon/strip-style commercial development along Trunk 1 since the 1960s. Current retail chains include Canadian Tire, Cleve's Sporting Goods, Dollarama, Giant Tiger, Sobeys, and Atlantic Superstore. There are numerous independent restaurants-and-retailers located in this area as well. Most of the restaurants in the area are of the fast food variety, as well as other establishments that serve various cuisines.

Transportation

The community is north-centrally located within the urban area of Halifax. Highway 101, Highway 102, Route 354, and Trunk 1 (Sackville Drive within Lower Sackville) are highways that connect the community to the rest of the urban area, or beyond.

Lower Sackville is serviced by many transit routes via the Cobequid Terminal near the southern-part of the community, or the Sackville Terminal near the northern-part of the community. The transit-user can use various routes to arrive at another community within the urban area, or elsewhere.

Halifax Transit Routes

• Route 8 (Sackville)
• Route 82 (First Lake)
• Route 83 (Springfield)
• Route 84 (Glendale)
• Route 85 (Millwood)
• Route 86 (Beaver Bank)
• Route 87 (Sackville-Dartmouth)
• Route 88 (Bedford Commons)
• Route 93 (Bedford Highway)
• Route 182 (First Lake Express)
• Route 183 (Springfield Express)
• Route 185 (Millwood Express)
• Route 186 (Beaver Bank Express)

Education

Lower Sackville has eight schools to choose from; four Elementary Schools, three Junior High Schools, and one High School. They are all administered by the Halifax Regional Centre for Education.

Elementary Schools

• Caudle Park Elementary
• Hillside Park Elementary
• Smokey Drive Elementary
• Sycamore Lane Elementary

Junior High Schools

• A.J. Smeltzer Junior High
• Leslie Thomas Junior High
• Sackville Heights Junior High

High Schools

• Sackville High School

Notable people

• Charles Fenerty, inventor of newsprint made from wood pulp.
• Corey LeRue, musician in Canadian Pop Band Neon Dreams.
• Brad Marchand, NHL player for the Boston Bruins. (Originally from Lower Sackville but grew up in Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia)
• Adrian Morris, musician in Canadian Pop Band Neon Dreams.
• Nikki Payne, award-winning stand-up comedian and contestant on the 2006 edition of NBC television's reality show Last Comic Standing. Also, frequent juror on MuchMusic's show Video on Trial. She attended Millwood High School.
• James Sheppard, NHL player for the New York Rangers.

External links

• Official site