Municipality of the County of Cumberland

Gerald Read - District 1

Term: OCT 2008 TO OCT 2012
Phone: (902) 667-7047
Address: R R #6, AMHERST, N.S., B4H 3Y4
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District 1 Communities

1-1: Fort Lawrence, West Amherst
1-2: East Amherst, Amherst Point, Nappan (a portion), Upper Nappan (a portion), Brookdale (a portion)

• Map of Electoral District 1, Division 1-1 (633 kB)
• Map of Electoral District 1, Division 1-2 (845 kB)
• Map of all Electoral District (568 kB)

For community and council events, see our events calendar.

"The Entrance to Nova Scotia"

The Entrance to Nova Scotia - Canada's Ocean Playground. The starting point of both Sunrise & Gloosecap Trails. District One is a 3-5 mile radius around the Town of Amherst. The area is mainly residential, small business and farming
 (dairy, beef, horses & sod-farming). A large marsh area is devoted to migratory bird protection (Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary) and many acres to Ducks Unlimited for the production of ducks & geese. The Tantramar Marshes are the largest tidal marshes in the world.

We have:

1. the Provincial Visitor Information Centre at Fort Lawrence on Highway # 104
2.  a drive by tourist bureau will be erected in 1998 on Route Number 2 to promote the Glooscap & Sunrise Trails.
3. one of a five evaporated salt plants in North America 
(Sifto Canada Inc). Water is pumped into the ground, mixes with the salt, pumped back to surface for water evaporation leaving pure salt.
4. two main transportation systems that exist in District One are:
(1) a four lane Trans-Canada Highway and
 (2) C.N. & V.I.A. railway passes through here with a station in Amherst.
5. the potential for Natural Gas in the next couple of years will provided reasonable energy costs for industry and residential use.
6. we are also blessed with the best water East of the Rockies.

Related Links:

Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary Trail