Windsor, Nova Scotia, founded in 1703 is a small town located 66 kilometers from Halifax. It is the beginning of the Annapolis Valley.

The Mi'kmags originally called the surrounding area PESEGIT or PISAQUID. The native word translates into "meeting of rivers" signifying the joining of the tidal rivers, St. Croix and Avon Rivers at the base of the town.

In 1685, Acadian settlers moved to the area and started to DYKE around the tidal rivers, developing rich, fertile farming lands.

Shortly after, Windsor soon became a military post for the British, after they established military control of Nova Scotia from the French. Major Charles Lawrence, who later became Governor of Nova Scotia, came to Pisaquid in 1750 to build Fort Edward.

In 1755, Fort Edward was one of the assembly points in the Acadian Explosion. The British deported approximately 1,000 Acadians form this area.

Ten years after the deportation, soldiers stationed at Fort Edward and with the help of neighboring families established the first and what has now become the oldest Agricultural Fair in North America began. The Hants County Exhibition is held in September of each year.

Windsor became the summer town for wealthy British families. With these inhabitants came the need for an academic center and in 1788, King's College became the first independent school in the British Commonwealth. Among its alumni was Windsor-born Judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton who became the first North American writer to achieve international acclaim with his novel, The Clockmaker. His estate, CLIFTON, is now a Provincial Museum.

The young men who attended King's College were the creators of Canada's favorite sport, hockey. Students developed the sport while skating on a nearby pond.

Windsor has entered a Twinning agreement with Coopertown, New York, the home of baseball.

In the late 1800's, Windsor grew to an industrial town hosting a furniture factory, foundry, textile mill and a very busy shipping port. It hosted seven small hotels in the area.

A great fire of 1897, destroyed the entire waterfront and nearly all the downtown area as well as most businesses. Many were left homeless, but with the help of communities as far away as Boston, supplies for relief were sent and the town managed to rebuild.

Unfortunately, fire again destroyed a part of the town in 1920. The town, once again managed to rebuild.

In recent years, Windsor has been titled the "World's Pumpkin Capital" after local farmer Howard Dill produced the first world champion pumpkins. Each October, the town holds a weigh-off at the Pumpkin Festival.

While many of Windsor's residents now commute to metro Halifax to work, the town continues to preserve its abundant history. It has created three of Atlantic Canada's largest historical murals, depicting scenes from the past.

Today, the town and its surrounding areas has Ski Martock, Avon Valley Golf Course in neighboring Falmouth, King's Edgehill School, a coed boarding and day school, Nova Scotia Textiles as well as many other small businesses. Acadia University in Wolfville is only a 20 minute drive away and Halifax is only 50 minutes away.

Hants Community Hospital is only 2 minutes away from Kingsway Gardens. It has a well established physician base as well as dentists, physiotherapists in the area and a Regional Hospital in Kentville for specialized attention. Windsor is home to the Windsor Elms and Dykeland Lodge - two very fine nursing homes.

Kingsway Gardens, with its enriched housing offers an ideal alternative for senior living. It has many amenities to offer. With the food service component, medical consideration only 2 minutes away and an active social environment for seniors to enjoy, as well as its close proximity to shopping and banking, it is ideally located in the heart of Windsor.