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Chester, Nova Scotia
Village
Chester NS Aerial.jpg
Motto(s): 
A Progressive Community
Chester, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Chester, Nova Scotia
Chester, Nova Scotia
Location in Nova Scotia
Country  Canada
Province  Nova Scotia
County Lunenburg County.
Municipality Chester Municipal District
Founded 1759
Incorporated 1963
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Urban
2,348
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code
B0J 1J0
Area code(s) 902
Telephone Exchanges 273 275 277 279 299 980
NTS Map 021A09
GNBC Code CAGYN
Website chester.ca
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Chester is a village on the Chester Peninsula, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Chesterbound - Lots of Local Links


Images for kids

  • Hogue1

    HMS Hogue, which trapped the privateer  Young Teazer before the ship exploded (1813).

  • ChesterNS

    Front Harbour, Chester

  • WIilliam G Ernst 5 2008

    The passenger ferry MV William G Ernst, departing the dock at Chester bound for Big Tancook Island and Little Tancook Island. The ferry is operated by the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.

  • Massey Rhind Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia Highland soldier by J. Massey Rhind

  • Camp Norway, Chester, Nova Scotia

    Camp Norway

  • Wisteria Cottage House (former Blockhouse), Chester, Nova Scotia

    Chester Blockhouse (present-day Wisteria Cottage House), during the Raid on Chester (1782)

  • Chester Cannons, Chester, Nova Scotia

    Chester Blockhouse Cannons, Chester Legion (1782)

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