Timberlea

History

In the 1800s, Timberlea was often referred to as Bowser's Station, after Angus Bowser, who ran a hotel near the area's train station near Greenwood Heights. Aubrey Fraser was an early settler in the area, and he, his father and brothers stationed a saw mill along the Nine Mile River. Almost a decade following the Halifax Explosion, the Bowser's Hotel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller. It had been a frequent stop for people traveling along the St. Margaret's Bay Road, between Halifax and Yarmouth. The Hotel was leveled in a fire, on the night of December 12th, 1947.

Today, the area is a steadily growing residential area. There is discussion over preserving a substantially large area of crown land for park near the lakes. Tentative plans are being discussed over the prospect of a community library, and construction and Restoration of a "Fraser's Mill Museum", commemorating the saw mill once owned by the Fraser family.

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