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Fall River, Nova Scotia
Fall River is a suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax
Regional Municipality.
It is located north of the Bedford Basin, northwest of Bedford, east
of Lower Sackville and north and west of Waverley.
Fall River's name is derived from a stream running between Miller
Lake and Lake Thomas which had a waterfall. These falls supplied
water power for several mills during the 19th century as well as a
local electrical utility during the early 20th century. The
waterfall was demolished in the late 1950s as a result of the
construction of the Bicentennial Highway leading to Halifax; the
waterfall was located where the 4-lane expressway currently runs up
the hill from the crossing of Lake Thomas to the interchange with
Highway 118 at Miller Lake. Hydro-electric power is now generated by
an underground tunnel that carries the water from Miller Lake which
once flowed through this stream and down the waterfall. Turbines
produce electricity for the main grid, during peak periods.
Fall River has been expanding rapidly over the past 10 years with
the construction of a Sobeys and surrounding shopping centre,
McDonalds, Subway and Tim Hortons. Lockview High School opened its
doors in 2000 to relieve strain on the aging Charles P. Allen High
School in Bedford. Fall River also has two elementary schools,
Holland Road Elementary School and Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary
School as well as one Junior High; Georges P. Vanier. Due to the
increased presence of schools and retail, Fall River serves as a hub
for neighbouring communities.
There are four major subdivisions in Fall River, the first being
called The Schwarzwald (named after the famed Black Forest in
Germany) and developed by the Miller family in the mid 1970s.
Schwarzwald has in the past year started development of a new
section called Schwarzwald Heights.
The second subdivision being Fall River Village. Fall River Village
was established in 1973 with over 4 km² of land and 0.81 km2 yet to
be developed.
There are two new subdivisions, St. Andrews West and Kinloch
Estates, which opened in February 2009. The subdivision itself is
nestled between St. Andrews Lake and Kinsac Lake with extensive
water frontage on both lakes.
An up-scale development is also located on Guildwood Drive on the
eastern shore of Miller Lake, having large properties with extensive
water frontage. Tillmann Brook, a nearby waterway to this
development, runs from Soldier Lake and empties into Miller Lake.
This waterway is also named for another older Fall River family by
the name of Tillmann, who also originated in Germany, although
coming later to the area just after World War II, around 1947.
The Skate park at the Rec Center was opened in October,2008. And is
a large concrete bowl style park, with a few handrails and ledges.
The Rec Center itself opened in February 2009, which has a gym,
offices, a fire hall and event room.
