Our Story Through the Years

From ballfields to bandstands, discover the milestones that shaped Acadia Park.

For over a century, Acadia Park & Community Centre has been at the heart of the Sackville community’s life. From hosting the first Little League games to building gardens, running country jamborees, and creating lasting community spaces, our story is woven into the history of this town. Explore some of the key moments that brought Acadia Park to life.

1924

Acadia Hall, a brown building in 1924.
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Acadia Park & Community Centre is founded under the name Acadia Recreation Club Society.

1927

A group gathers outside Acadia Hall in 1925 for a community picnic.

Annual community picnics were held at Acadia Hall

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1948

2016

A newly built Acadia School stands in 1948.

Acadia Park & Community Centre donated the land next to the hall to the school board to build Acadia School. Today, the building houses the Sackville Public Library.

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Acadia Hall in Lower Sackville, NS, now a white building, in 1950.
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A renovated Acadia Hall stands proudly on Highway 1 (now Sackville Drive), just after the road was paved.

1980

Acadia Park's baseball field, the first on in Sackville, NS.
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Acadia Park’s ballfield is the first in Sackville. It becomes home to the Sackville Acadians Little League team, sponsored by Acadia Park. Over the years, many men’s baseball and fastball teams called the field home.

4 men stand in white shirts and black pants to welcome community members to Acadia Park's first Jamboree.
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Acadia Park hosts their first Country Jamboree—a tradition that is still going strong 20 years later.

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An older gentleman digs up the fence around the men's baseball field in Acadia Park in Sackville, NS.

2009–2010

A man operates a bulldozer in Acadia Park in Sackville, NS.
Acadia Park's first completed flower garden in Sackville, NS.

As more ballfields crop up around Sackville, Acadia Park’s men’s ballfield becomes dormant. Redevelopment begins, transforming the space into a public garden with pathways, flowers, benches, and a gazebo.

Community members use a homemade ice rink at Acadia Park in Sackville, NS.

Acadia Park builds a community ice rink. It was a challenge as Nova Scotia weather does not allow for a good freeze, causing some great skating days followed by many days of slush. The rink was created for three winters before the warming winters took over.

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Acadia Park's arbour, covered in flowers and surrounded by trees in Sackville, NS.
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O2 students from Sackville High School construct and donate a new arbour for the public gardens.

People packing boxes of food in a community center or donation drive setting.
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Acadia Park & Community Centre launches food security program Square Roots which provides affordable fresh valley root vegetables bundled for $10 per bag.

2025

1950s

2005

2015

2018

The Charles Fenerty Bandstand stands empty, ready to be rented in Acadia Park in Sackville, NS.
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Acadia Park builds the Charles Fenerty Bandstand for outdoor concerts and jamborees. 

Acadia Park members pose with members of Children's Wish, a charitable organization.
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In just 8 years, Acadia Park & Community Centre’s fundraising surpasses $20,000 for Children’s Wish.

Acadia Park's fountain sits front and centre in Sackville, NS.

Acadia Park & Community Centre celebrates 100 years of serving the community.

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