Coldbrook, Nova Scotia

Coldbrook is a Canadian suburban community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.

[1] A large farm in the area was named "Colebrook" after a community in Wales, but the village became known as Cold Brook Station in 1869 when the Windsor and Annapolis Railway arrived.

The railway led to growth of two saw mills and a large apple export warehouse built in 1908 as well as a bulk oil depot in the late 1920s for White Rose Gasoline.

The United Fruit Companies apple growers co-op built a pair of large warehouses and a processing plant at Coldbrook in 1946.

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