Nova Scotia Route 212
Route 212 | ||||
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| Old Guysborough Road | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 31 km[1] (19 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Hwy 102 in Enfield | |||
| East end | Route 357 in Elderbank | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
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Route 212 is an east-west collector road in the south of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality and connects Enfield at Exit 5 on Highway 102 with Route 357 at Elderbank in the Musquodoboit Valley. It goes across both forest and farmland and is paved for its entire length.
The route is known as the "Old Guysborough Road" as it was the colonial military road from Halifax to Guysborough.
Route
Route 212 begins at exit 5A, of Highway 102, which connects Halifax to Truro. It begins by following the south border of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, where it afterwards turns northeast to meet with Devon and Dollar Lake Provincial Park. The route terminates about 7 kilometers farther, on Route 357, at Elderbank[2][3].
Communities
Parks
- Dollar Lake Provincial Park
- Elderbank Provincial Park
See also
References
- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 81, 82
- ^ MapArt 2008, p. 541, 542
- ^ "Nova Scotia Road Network (NSRN) Map | Open Data | Nova Scotia". data.novascotia.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
Sources
- MapArt (2008). Canada back road atlas / atlas des rangs et chemins. Oshawa, Ontario: MapArt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55368-614-9.