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Nova Scotia Welcome Centre

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Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Nova Scotia Welcome Centre
Phone:
+1 902-667-8429

Hours:
Sunday9am - 4:30pm
Monday9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday9am - 4:30pm
Thursday9am - 4:30pm
Friday9am - 4:30pm
Saturday9am - 4:30pm


Springhill is a community located in central Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community was originally named Springhill Mines. Coal mining lead to economic growth, with its incorporation as a town in 1889. The mines in the Springhill coalfield were established in the 19th century, and by the early 1880's were being worked by the Cumberland Coal & Railway Company Ltd. and the Springhill & Parrsboro Coal & Railway Company Ltd. These entities merged in 1884 to form the Cumberland Railway & Coal Company Ltd., which its investors sold in 1910 to the industrial conglomerate Dominion Coal Company Ltd. . All coal mining had ceased in the area by the early 1970's. The community is famous for both the Springhill Mining Disaster and being the childhood home of international recording star Anne Murray, who is honoured by the Anne Murray Centre, a popular tourist attraction. As of 2015 the mine properties, among the deepest in the world were filled with water and provide Springhill's industrial park with geothermal heating. Geothermal energy from the waters of the abandoned mines are capable of providing heating and cooling for large buildings through the use of heat pumps. Because the water in a mine circulates by convection, shallow wells produce water of a temperature significantly higher than groundwater of the same depth.In 2015 the Town of Springhill amalgamated into the Municipality of the County of Cumberland.
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