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Gibson Woods - Centreville Area

Provincial Highway 101 toRoute 359 orRoute 221

Gibson Woods was once know as "Gentlemen's Bridge". It was renamed Gibson Woods after the name of one of the influential Gibson family who settled in the region. Early documents record a Black settler by the name of George Gibson purchasing forty acres of land in 1804 for a King's fortune of 40 pounds. Gibson died in 1847 at a healthy 93 years of age. It is believed that Gibson was a Black Loyalist.

Find Gibson Woods Community Centre and Gibson Woods United Baptist Church R.R. #2 Centreville.

 

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Kentville/Aldershot

Both are areas with early concentration of Blacks. Aldershot evolved into Camp Aldershot, a former Canadian military base. Kentville,hustling, bustling modern-day city, with all of the amenities.

 

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