Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia
human settlement in Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Middle LaHave is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The community is located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County.
Middle LaHave features the narrowest and widest parts of the LaHave River. Which, in the past, made Middle LaHave a major community along the river. The community draws electricity from both the Riverport Electric Light Commission as well as NS Power and also shares both Riverport and Bridgewater telephone exchanges. It has a diverse terrain from low-lying areas to the rolling hills of the Bear Hills area. There are two churches serving the community, being Anglican and United. The third church was closed in 2005, later sold and renovated and officially reopened in 2011 as St. Mark's Place, a privately owned entertainment facility available for community use.
History
Samuel de Champlain struck settlement claims along the banks of both the North and South shores of the river, including Middle LaHave.
“Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia” enters the record as human settlement in Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Middle, LaHave and Nova can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15253333. Authority coordinates are 44.321, -64.408. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2011.
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