[1] The Windsor and Annapolis Railway arrived in 1869 stimulating a number export industries including apple warehouses and a brickyard, later to become Shaw Bricks.
[3] The area was used as a burial site for the Mi'kmaq, a First Nations people, in the beginning of the 17th century.
Great views of the Minas Basin and Blomidon can be seen from various vantage points in Avonport.
Avonport Beach is a popular tourist attraction in the summer.
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