Wolfville, Nova Scotia

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website = http://www.town.wolfville.ns.ca
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Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

*Information from StatCan Census Year 2001
Wolfville is a small town in the rural Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population was 3,772. [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1207024&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=wolfville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada] ]

Wolfville is home to Acadia University, Landmark East School and the Acadia Cinema Cooperative, a non-profit organization that runs the local movie house.

Wolfville is a popular tourist destination, not only for the scenery of the nearby Bay of Fundy and Gaspereau Valley but for the many cultural attractions which are offered by the university and by the town. In the past few years several Victorian houses in Wolfville have been converted to bed and breakfast establishments.

as the smallest in the world.

In 1985, Wolfville was declared a nuclear free zone. Wolfville was declared Canada's first fair trade town on April 17, 2007 [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/fair-trade/] .

Notable residents

*Alex Colville, Canadian painter

References

External links

* [http://www.town.wolfville.ns.ca/ Town of Wolfville Municipal Web Site]
* [http://www.wolfville.ednet.ns.ca/ Wolfville School]