Amherst

Amherst is a bus station in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. Amherst is situated nearby to the police station Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), as well as near the nature reserve John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amherst station and John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area.

Amherst station

Railway station

Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Amherst station is an inter-city railway station in Amherst, Nova Scotia served by Via Rail Ocean train. The station, which opened in 1908, was staffed by Via Rail until October 2012 when the building was closed. Amherst station is situated 2 km northeast of Amherst.

John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area

Nature reserve

John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area is a 552 hectares National Wildlife Area located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, adjacent to Amherst, Chignecto National Wildlife Area, and Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary. John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area is situated 2½ km west of Amherst.

Chignecto National Wildlife Area

Nature reserve

Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chignecto National Wildlife Area is a 475 hectares National Wildlife Area located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, adjacent to John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area and Amherst. Chignecto National Wildlife Area is situated 3 km south of Amherst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherst and Aulac.

Amherst

Photo: Azure, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Amherst is a city of 9,400 people in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Amherst is the county seat and largest population centre in the Cumberland region.

Aulac

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Aulac is a Canadian community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. As of January 1, 2023 it is part of the Municipality of Tantramar which consists of the former town of Sackville, Village of Dorchester, Pointe de Bute and other rural communities. Aulac is situated 7 km northwest of Amherst.

Point de Bute

Hamlet

Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point de Bute or Pointe de Bute is an area in ward five of the town of Tantramar in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The former local service district of Pointe de Bute took its name from the community but used a different spelling. Point de Bute is situated 9 km north of Amherst.

Amherst

Type: Bus station
Categories: station and transportation
Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.81929° or 45° 49′ 10″ north

Longitude

-64.23335° or 64° 14′ 0″ west

Operator

Coach Atlantic Group

Network

Maritime Bus

Open location code

87QQRQ98+PM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5856737089

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=bus_station

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

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