Rockingham is a community located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. It is part of a large suburban area along the western shore of Bedford Basin, north of Clayton Park and south of Bedford. Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 11 Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867... Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: urban area 79. ... Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour on Canadas Atlantic coast. ... Clayton Park is a Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia community. ... Bedford (2001 pop. ...

Geography

Rockingham is situated on the western shore of Bedford Basin, north of Fairview Cove and Fairview, and south of Birch Cove and Princes Lodge. Its eastern extent is formed by the shore of the Basin and its western extent is generally the top of the ridge along the bay, although this was subsequently extended westward to an area near the Birch Cove Lakes and Highway 102. Main Avenue, Fairview - with Tufts Coves smokestacks in the distance. ... Birch Cove is a subdivision and a cove in the Bedford area of the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the shore of Bedford Basin and along the Bedford Highway (Nova Scotia Route 2) . The name is after the birch trees that hung over the cove by William Donaldson, who... Princes Lodge is a Subdivision located on the shore of Bedford Basin between the communities of Rockingham and Bedford in the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Bedford Highway (Nova Scotia Route 2) . History Princes Lodge was named for the estate His Royal Highness [[ Prince Edward, Duke of... Highway 102 is a north-south highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Onslow. ...

History

The first Europeans who settled in what was to become Rockingham were farmers and inn keepers. Inns provided essential services to those bringing produce from the Annapolis Valley to Halifax. Three inns strung along the Windsor Road between Fairview Cove and Birch Cove were the Warwick Inn, Four Mile House, and Five Mile House. For much of the nineteenth century this area was given the name of one of the inns: Four Mile House.

In 1886 the residents of Four Mile House district decided that their community needed a name that better reflected its growing prosperity. The name, Rockingham, was inspired by the Rockingham Inn that had been located three miles north at Prince's Lodge. That inn burned down in 1833 but it lived on in memory because of its links to Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, and the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, a powerful English noble and friend of the Wentworths.

The construction of the Nova Scotia Railway in 1855 altered the character of the community. Destruction of the shore line cut off farmers from some resources, but eventually the railway helped the village to grow and prosper. Country life was now easily accessible; wealthy families built grand summer homes and transient visitors enjoyed staying at the Wayside Inn (formerly the Five Mile House) and other tourist accommodations in Rockingham.

Four Mile House District was selected by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity in the early 1870s for a convent and institution of higher learning. "Mount St. Vincent" was built up the hill on a large parcel of land almost directly opposite the NSR station. The convent, along with its women's finishing school, Mount St. Vincent Academy and associated residence facilities opened in 1873 following approximately 1 year of construction. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Many religious groups have the term Sisters of Charity as part of their name. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... A Beguine convent in Amsterdam. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Intercolonial Railway (ICR), which had taken over the NSR, expropriated waterfront land at Rockingham Station from the Sisters of Charity during the early 1900s to widen its trackage leading to Fairview. Immediately prior to the Halifax Explosion, telegraph operator Vince Coleman managed to warn an incoming passenger train to hold at Rockingham Station's passenger station (the last ICR station stop before Richmond terminal), ultimately saving countless lives. The new rock cut being built for the railway through south end Halifax was finished in 1918 under the newly-created Canadian National Railways (CNR), with some of the blasted rock being used as infill to create the Halifax Ocean Terminals in the south end of the city, as well as infill of Bedford Basin off Rockingham Station to create what are now the Rockingham railway yards. Intercolonial Railway of Canada logo or herald The Intercolonial Railway of Canada (IRC), also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway, was a historic Canadian railway. ... This article is about the decade starting in 1900 and ending in 1909. ... The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, that had accidentally collided with a Norwegian ship in The Narrows section of the Halifax Harbour. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... Vince Coleman can refer to two different people: Vince Coleman: a train dispatcher died in the Halifax Explosion Vince Coleman: a former Major League Baseball player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). ...

In 1925, Mount St. Vincent Academy was upgraded in status to a women's junior college. The community of Rockingham Station began to experience some subdivision of land as it was located in a cheaper tax jurisdiction (the Municipality of the County of Halifax) as opposed to the adjacent city which ended at Fairview. On April 5, 1961 the village's name was formally simplified to just Rockingham. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The creation of an all-weather bypass highway to Bedford likely spurred construction of the first major subdivision developmentss in 1962, although much of the Rockingham area on the hillside overlooking Bedford Basin would require significant blasting to create streets and underground services. Mount St. Vincent College was upgraded to a full university, named Mount St. Vincent University, in 1966. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mount Saint Vincent University, commonly referred to as The Mount, is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...

On January 1, 1969 the community of Rockingham, along with many other surrounding areas of the Municipality of Halifax County were amalgamated into the City of Halifax. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... The City of Halifax (1841-1996) was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, and the largest city in Atlantic Canada. ...

Rockingham continued to benefit from being located immediately north of the peninsular city on the Highway 102 corridor to Bedford and beyond. The opening of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in 1970 led to improved connections between Rockingham and western Halifax to the City of Dartmouth and particularly a new industrial park named Burnside, which would become a major regional employer. A smaller industrial park named Bayers Lake was also built near Rockingham on the west side of Highway 102. New residential developments in the expanding city were subsequently built in Rockingham such as the Clayton Park subdivision, located along the eastern slope of Geizer's Hill on the Rockingham-Fairview boundary. Looking towards Dartmouth from Halifax side The A. Murray MacKay Bridge is the second suspension bridge linking the Halifax peninsula with Dartmouth and opened on July 10, 1970. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ferry running between Halifax and Dartmouth, docked at Dartmouth Ferry Terminal. ... An industrial park (or industrial estate in British English) is an area of land set aside for industrial development. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: No evidence of wp:notability is included in the article If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Clayton Park is a Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia community. ...

During the 1970s-1980s, CN Rail and later VIA Rail operated a form of commuter rail passenger service on the railway line along Bedford Basin into downtown Halifax using frequently scheduled RDCs which were destined for Yarmouth, Moncton and Sydney. Rockingham's station was closed after the January 15, 1990 cuts to VIA Rail saw these services discontinued. The Bedford Highway was redeveloped during the early 1990s into a major collector road from Birch Cove into the city. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... VIA Rails trains travelling by Highway 401 near Brockville, Ontario. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Budd RDC-1 #407 of the Cape May Seashore Lines. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... Moncton (46°6′ N 64°46′ W) is the second largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and is at the heart of the fastest growing urban area in the province. ... Downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

On April 1, 1996, the City of Halifax was merged into the Halifax Regional Municipality. Preceding and following amalgamation, subdivision development in the western part of Rockingham continued apace, spurred in particular by the opening of Dunbrack Street and Northwest Arm Drive, however the most significant period of recent growth in Rockingham occurred between 1997-2003 with the Clayton Park West subdivision which was a 20-year development that filled within a quarter of the budgeted timeframe; CPW, as it is known, became one of the fastest-growing, densest new developments in Nova Scotian urban history. The rapid development was spurred by the conversion of the Bayers Lake Industrial Park into a "business park" model containing Halifax's first big box outlet stores, as well as new highway interchange construction between Lacewood Drive and Highway 102. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: urban area 79. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today, the focus of Rockingham has moved from the former suburban centre located on the Bedford Highway, slightly north of Mount St. Vincent University and the CN station, to the new development at Clayton Park West which now extends to the northern extents of Rockingham at the Kearney Lake Road.

Education

• Mount St. Vincent University (post-secondary)
• Halifax West High School (10-12)
• Clayton Park Junior High (7-9)
• Park West (k-9)
• Duc d'Anville Elementary (k-6)
• Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary (k-6)
• Rockingham Elementary (k-6)

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References

• rootsweb.com - Rockingham
• nsplacenames.ca - Rockingham

Coordinates: 44°40′14″N, 63°38′30″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...