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

Black and white photo of a crowd of people, including children and adults, standing in front of Acadia Hall in Sackville, NS in the 1920s. The scene appears to be outdoors during daytime.

Annual community picnics were held at Acadia Hall

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1948

2016

Acadia School in the 1930s, a brick building with a set of steps and columns leading to the front door, multiple large windows, and a sloped roof with a chimney. Now the Sackville Public Library.

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 the 1940s. There is a road in the foreground and power lines overhead. The hall has a gabled roof and small windows.
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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.

Four men, volunteers with Acadia Park & Recreation Centre in white shirts and black pants standing in a room with tables and chairs, some tables covered with pink checkered tablecloths, behind a table with a red tablecloth and food service items.
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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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A man with white hair wearing glasses, a patterned shirt, dark pants, and boots, is digging up one of Acadia Park's baseball field's chain-link fence with a shovel outdoors on a sunny day. There are trees and a grassy field in the background.

2009–2010

A man, a volunteer with Acadia Park and Recreation Centre sitting inside a yellow bulldozer on a construction site with a few trees and residential buildings in the background.
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.

People, including children, skating on an outdoor ice rink in winter at Acadia Park in Sackville, NS, surrounded by snow and leafless trees under a blue sky.

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.

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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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