Believed to be named after a large beaver dam by the first Loyalists settlers in the 1780s,[2] the community of Beaver Bank dates back to 1776 when Boston Loyalist Mary Brown Parcel Barnstead and her son, John Henry Barnstead (1764–1861), arrived just after the American Revolution commenced.

The four Grove sisters quickly established a reputation in Halifax due to their prestigious finishing school in the Downtown area.

They were described once as, "Those four English sisters whose ability and character influenced for good so large a number of young ladies of that generation."

In 1880 their sisters returned, and established the Grove School for Young Ladies in its place, which ran until destroyed by fire in 1943.

The Original church was sold in 1998 to a private buyer and removed from its foundation and its proper standing place.

Beaver Bank was the location of construction camps and taverns in the mid 1850s during the construction of Nova Scotia's first railway, the Windsor Branch of the Nova Scotia Railway under direction of Joseph Howe, the first Chief Commissioner.

[4] The station served the Sackville/Beaver Bank area until 1956, creating business opportunities for lumbermen by shipping to Halifax.

The 22 AC&W became SAGE-operational on January 1, 1964; however, this capability did not last long as the station was closed and the squadron disbanded four months later on April 1, 1964, following a NORAD realignment and increasing focus being placed on the DEW Line.

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Beaver Bank occupied a unique location in proximity to Canada's largest Atlantic seaport and its biggest naval base, making it an important early warning radar during the manual environment of the 1950s.

Since manned bomber raids by the Soviet Union in the area were considered quite likely, it was felt that RCAF Station Beaver Bank fulfilled a critical role in the early days of Canada's and North America's air defence.