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The following is a graphical representation and although care has been taken to ensure the best possible quality, HRM does not guarantee the accuracy of this document.
Cultural Significance
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Hubbards
Indian Harbour
Whites Lake
Herring Cove
Sambro
Upper Tantallon
Hubley TimberleaVillage
Porters LakeLake EchoNorth Preston
Halifax
Dartmouth
Musquodoboit Harbour
Tangier
Oyster Pond
Sheet Harbour
Moser River
Middle Musquodoboit
UpperMusquodoboit
Enfield
River-Lakes/Fall River
SackvilleWaverleyMiddle
Sackville
HWY
333
HWY 103
HWY 101
HWY 118
HWY 102
HWY 107
HWY 357
HWY 224
HWY 7
TantallonCrossroads
HatchetLake
Spryfield
Kearney Lake
BedfordWest
Cole Harbour
Lower Sackville
East Preston
Head ofJeddore
Halifax StanfieldInternational
Airport
Cherry Brook
SandyLake
Lucasville
0 10 205Kilometers
Notes: This map demonstrates a vision to be implemented over the life of the Regional Plan, through various tools, subject to financial ability and community interest.
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Bedford
Birch Cove
Halifax
Spryfield
Woodside
Eastern Passage
Cole Harbour
Port Wallace
Dartmouth
CULTURAL LANDSCAPES MODEL CRITERIA:
Proximity to heritage propertiesParcel fabric coded by heritage categories (Year of registration)Proximity to historic sitesParks and open spaceProximity to water transportation routesOld fields/old growth from the forest inventoryFirst Nations ReservesGovernment owned landProximity to churches and cemeteriesProximity to abandoned and existing rail linesProximity to abandoned roads and trailsProximity to abandoned minesProximity to known archaeological resourcesResults of the Archaeological Potential ModelVisibility of the ocean (to 24km)Islands with government ownershipProximity to lighthousesProximity to schools
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Major Transportation Routes
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Active Rail Lines
Category
Category Descriptions:Zero represents low cultural significance and fiveindicates high relative cultural significance.The values assigned to the categories on this mapwere created by adding the model criteria together.The result is this map. One final step wasperformed. The result was recategorized into valuesfrom 0 to 5. The original result had 46 distinctvalues. To make the result more meaningful, it wasnecessary to reduce the categories to 6 for mappurposes.
Source:Model for Assessing Cultural Heritage Values in theHalifax Regional Municipality, April 2005 (EDM)
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low cultural significance
high cultural significance
0 52.5Kilometers