The community was first known as Nine Mile River after the river in the centre of the community which fed several early mills . The St. Margaret 's Bay Road was routed through the village in the mid 19th century , relocated from an earlier location further south . Several hotels were established to cater to travelers and later sportsmen and the Nine Mile River was crossed by an arched stone bridge which survived until 2014 as one of the only surviving stone bridges in Nova Scotia . After the arrival of the Halifax and Southwestern Railway in 1904 , the community was referred to as Bowser 's Station , after Angus Bowser , who ran a hotel near the area 's train station near present-day Greenwood Heights . It was renamed Timberlea in 1922 to reflect the importance of the forest and lumbering . Aubrey Fraser was an early settler in the area , and he , his father and brothers stationed a saw mill along the Nine Mile River . Almost a decade following the Halifax Explosion , the Bowser 's Hotel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller . It had been a frequent stop for people traveling along the St. Margaret 's Bay Road , between Halifax and Yarmouth . The Hotel was leveled in a fire on the night of December 12 , 1947 . Until the early 1990s , the community was a semi-rural , fairly close-knit community . Subsequently , several large developments such as Greenwood Heights have substantially increased the population , and it is now mostly a suburban community
Halifax Explosion
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Timberlea, Nova Scotia