Mira Gut / Mira
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Albert Bridge, NS (Nearby: Louisbourg, Marion Bridge, Reserve Mines, Sydney, Sydney River)

4320 LOUISBOURG HWY
Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia
B1K 2P0


Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

Description From Owner:
  • The Mira River divides the settlement into Grand Mira North on the W side of the River and Grand Mira South on the E side.
  • The Aboriginal name for the place was Soolakade, for ‘the silver place’, but the origin of the present name is not definitively known.
  • Caleb Huntington was the first settler in 1803, followed in 1826-28 by Scots from North and South Uist. These arrivals used a Portuguese name, Miré, which had been given before 1716 after a River in Portugal.
  • The name shows up as La baie de Miray on a 1685 map and some historians believe it may derive from Jean de Miré, sieur de l'Argenterie or his brother Etienne de Miré, a lieutenant in the French marines detachment.
  • With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015


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