Springhill

Springhill is a small Canadian town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The population in 2001 was 4,091. The town is famous for being the childhood home of international recording star Anne Murray. The Anne Murray Centre, located in town, is a local tourist attraction. The town is also infamous for its coal mines which operated from the 1870s to 1958, which were the sites of three devastating mining disasters, the last of which resulted in the permanent close of all major mining in the region. However, small operations lasted until the 1970s. Area Code: 902