Driving Tour Of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada | Dash Cam Footage

A driving tour of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dash cam footage recorded on July 13, 2021 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Video production by Tom's Alternative Lawn Ornaments.

Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2016, the town's population was 6,271. Its census agglomeration is 26,222.

Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis River which downstream from Kentville becomes a large tidal river. The riverbank at the future location of Kentville provided as easy fording point. The Mi'kmaq name for the location was "Penooek". The ford and later the bridge at Kentville made the settlement an important crossroads for settlements in the Annapolis Valley. Kentville also marked the limit of navigation of sailing ships.

The area was first settled by Acadians, who built many dykes along the river to keep the high Bay of Fundy tides out of their farmland. These dykes created the ideal fertile soil that the Annapolis Valley is known for. The Acadians were expelled from the area in the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) by the British authorities because they would not swear allegiance to the British King. The area was then settled by New England Planters. Settlement was expedited by the United Empire Loyalists during the American Revolution.

The town was originally known as Horton's Corner, but was named Kentville in 1826 after Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (son of King George III and father of Queen Victoria), who resided in Nova Scotia from 1794 to 1800. The village was at first relatively small and dwarfed by larger valley towns with better harbours such as Canning and Wolfville. The crossroads location did attract early shopkeepers and several stagecoach inns. Small schooners were able to land cargos in the "Klondyke" neighbourhood by the Cornwallis River which marked the height of navigation. Kentville developed a reputation for rowdy drinking and horse races in the early 19th century, earning the nickname "the Devil's half acre."

0:00 - Start
0:06 - Highway #1
3:38 - Duncan Avenue
4:52 - Alicia Boulevard
6:26 - MacDonald Park Road
7:13 - Grant Street
8:24 - Palmeter Avenue
8:48 - Highway #1 Park Street
10:42 - School Street
11:13 - Academy Street
11:53 - Prospect Avenue
12:45 - Highway #1 Main Street
13:18 - Canaan Avenue
14:23 - Foster Street
15:02 - Wayne Street
15:22 - Southview Avenue
15:55 - Highway #1 Main Street
17:11 - Cornwallis Street
17:28 - Webster Street
18:20 - Aberdeen Street
19:20 - Highway #1 Main Street
19:41 - Cornwallis Street
20:24 - Belcher Street
21:56 - Mee Road
23:30 - Scott Drive
25:35 - Nichols Avenue
25:56 - Owen Road
26:56 - Aldershot Road
27:05 - Schofield Road
27:43 - Lamont Road
28:40 - Exhibition Street
29:42 - Cornwallis Street
30:28 - Aberdeen Street
30:56 - Station Lane
31:22 - Webster Street
32:03 - Highway #1 Main Street
32:30 - Highway #1 Park Street
36:55 - Pelton Drive
37:42 - Chipman Drive
38:47 - Donald E Hiltz Connector Road
39:45 - Harrington Road
40:35 - Highway #1 Park Street
40:47 - Anderson Boulevard
42:42 - Terra Nova Drive
43:07 - Highway #1
43:40 - Route Maps