Industrial Parks/Land

Melford Industrial Park

The Melford Industrial Land Reserve is a 14,500 acre industrial-zoned park located on the Strait of Canso, a sheltered, deepwater, ice-free port with water depths in excess of 90 feet within 100 feet from the shore.

Advantages of Melford Industrial Park:

  • Located along the Strait of Canso it is an ideal location for a supply base, fabrication site, general and bulk cargo terminal.
  • The Strait of Canso can handle Post Panamax vessels or Ultra Large Crude Carriers.
  • Engineering and land acquisition work completed for easy connections to Nova Scotia's excellent railway and roadway systems.
  • Ample space for the construction of storage facilities and access to high capacity electrical transmission lines running adjacent to industrial property.
  • A purpose-built freshwater reservoir with 10 million US gallon capacity per day.
  • Nearby thousands of acres of available industrial lands.
  • Low industrial land costs.
  • Low initial investment costs.
  • Low transportation costs for marine, rail and highway.
  • Low construction costs. 


Goldboro Industrial Park

The municipally-owned Goldboro Industrial Park connects directly to Spectra Energy's Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline network. 

The Park currently offers more than 850 acres and additional lands will be acquired as necessary to meet investor demand.

Industrial Park

Advantages of locating at Goldboro Integrated Energy Park:

  • 850+ acres of land with room for expansion.
  • Direct access to U.S. energy markets via Maritimes and Northeast Pipelines export infrastructure.
  • Convergence of natural gas supply.
  • Low industrial land costs.
  • Low construction costs.
  • Competitive labour costs.
  • Research and development tax credits.
  • Sheltered ice-free marine terminal access.
  • Low density marine traffic.