Cornwallis River
The Cornwallis River is in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a meander length of approximately 48 kilometres through eastern Kings County, from its source on the North Mountain at Grafton to its mouth near Wolfville on the Minas Basin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikijessie, Public domain.
Photo: Wikijessie, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prescott House Museum and Raymond Field.
Prescott House Museum
Museum
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0.
Prescott House Museum is a historic house and gardens located in Starr's Point, Nova Scotia which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. Built between 1812 and 1816 by Charles Ramage Prescott as the centrepiece of his country estate called Acacia Grove, it is one of the best preserved Georgian houses in Canada. Prescott House Museum is situated 2½ km northwest of Cornwallis River.
Raymond Field
Pitch
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Raymond Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It is the home of the Acadia University Axemen football and soccer teams as well as the Acadia Axewomen soccer and rugby teams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolfville and Grand-Pré.
Wolfville
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolfville is a town of 4,200 people in the region of Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. It lies on the Bay of Fundy. It is home to Acadia University.
Grand-Pré
Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand-Pré is a small town in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. The town is mostly known for the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Landscape of Grand Pré.
Gaspereau
Hamlet
Photo: James Ellison, CC BY 2.0.
Gaspereau is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County. It is located about 3 km south of the town of Wolfville on the Gaspereau River. Gaspereau is situated 4 km south of Cornwallis River.
Cornwallis River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cornwallis River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cornwallis River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كورنواليس”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cornwallis”
- Japanese: “コーンウォリス川”
- Polish: “Cornwallis River”
- Polish: “Rivière des Habitants”
- Swedish: “Cornwallis River”
- Ukrainian: “Корнволліс”
- Welsh: “Afon Cornwallis”
- “Cornwallis”
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