Kentville
Sign in to saveThe Town of Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kentville/Obsitquetchk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.motto
- "Magna E Parva"
- Settlement.image_skyline
- CornwallisInnKentville.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 275px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The iconic Cornwallis Inn, now Main Street Station, in Downtown Kentville
- Settlement.image_flag
- Kentville Logo Tag CLR.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Kentville NS seal.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nova Scotia#Canada
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 275
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nova Scotia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kings County
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Acadian settlement
- English settlement
- Mi'Kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities
- Growth
- Post war challenges
- Demographics
- Industries
- Electric utility (sold 1997)
- Community events
- Climate
- Famous residents
- Education
- Recreation
- Sister city
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Town of Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929.
==History== Kentville/Obsitquetchk owes its location to the Cornwallis River which, downstream from the Town, becomes a large tidal river at the Minas Basin. The riverbank at the current location of Kentville provided an easy fording point. The Mi'kmaq name for the location was "Obsitquetchk". The ford and later the bridge in Kentville made the area an important crossroads for other settlements in the Annapolis Valley. Kentville also marked the limit of navigation of sailing ships.