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The Interior of Nova Scotia A great part of peninsular Nova Scotia is a rough rocky, forested and very sparsely populated area. Its resources are lumber, pulpwood and a little mining. In some areas, particularly on the drumlins of Queens and Lunenburg counties, there is land suited to agriculture and small farms have been developed. There are no urban centres and practically all trade goes to the shore settlements. There are two large game sanctuaries, Liscomb in the east and Tobeatic in the west. The future of this area should lie in a scientific development of wood production. Northern Nova Scotia Northern Nova Scotia consists chiefly of a series of lowlands along Northumberland Strait and bordering the Bay of Fundy and its headwaters. In the main underlain by softer rocks, it has a better development of soil than other parts of the province. There are, however, included areas of upland in which the soils are shallow and rocky. It has a favourable climate with about 40 inches of rain per year and fairly warm summers (July mean, 66°F.) It has considerable diversity of resources, including forests, agricultural land, fisheries and mines. Here is found the greatest development of agriculture in the province including the fruit growing of the Annapolis Valley and the dairying of the Colchester and Pictou areas. Dairying is also being developed near Amherst and Antigonish. Population is well distributed and there are a number of mining and industrial towns, transportation nodes and supply centres of fair size. While considered as a geographic region, Northern Nova Scotia falls rather naturally into a number of smaller units, some of which are physiographic and others more dependent upon the pattern of settlement. Among the better known of these are the Annapolis Valley, the Windsor area, the Cobequid Bay, the Amherst Basin, the North Shore, The Pictou Basin, the Stewiacke Valley and the Antigonish Basin. Even within these areas there is an intricate detail of valley settlement pattern and a good deal of uncleared woodland. Truro Truro, "the Hub of Nova Scotia", is the most centrally located town in the province. The census of 2006 records a population of 11,765 but Salmon River and Bible Hill, lust outside the town limits, swell the urban population to about 23,000. During World War II the town was temporarily overcrowded with wartime migrants. The Cobequid area was colonized by the French and a thriving settlement existed at the time of the expulsion in 1755. Four years later the area was granted to the "New England Planters" whose descendents still make up a large part of the population. Built on a flat gravel terrace near the head of the tide, Truro has a strategic location as a "bridge" and "cross roads" town. This has supported its development through the age of the stagecoach, the railway and now in the age of the automobile. Truro is too far inland ever to have been much of a port but small ships used to come as far as the "Board Landing Bridge", about two miles to the west. Truro is a neat well-kept town with tree shaded streets. It has two more or less distinct business centres separated by a zone of public buildings and large residences, some of which are of considerable age. The eastern end of the town is dominated by the railway yards and shops, Truro being an important junction and division point. Industrial plants are scattered in various parts of the town. They include knitting mills, a shirt factory, small machine shops, grist mills, planing mills, a creosoting plant, a creamery and a condensery. The latter, established in 1885 is the oldest industrial dairy plant of its type in Canada. The Colchester county courthouse is located in Truro, as are, also, the Colchester Hospital, the Provincial Normal College and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Of interest is Victoria Park, 1,000 acres of scenic ravine and natural woodland to the southeast of the town. The most important function of Truro appears to be its distributing and servicing facilities. Few places in the Maritime area have a larger retail trade and it is also a favored location for wholesale houses. During World War II, a large airport and military camp were established at nearby Debert, stimulating considerable growth of the town itself. Home