Amherst (Northumberland Shore, B4H 1X6)
1. Amherst Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 667-3352 - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal names for the locality were: Mamalos Kudaagun and Nemcheboogwek, the latter for ‘going up rising ground.' The Acadians had a village here in 1672 called Les Planches, 'The Boards.'
2. Amherst Head Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Dixon and John Trenholm had land grants here in 1818.
3. Fenwick Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Sir William Fenwick Williams (1800-83) Lt.-Gov. of Nova Scotia 1865-67. Settled in the early 1800s.
4. Fort Lawrence Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The place was settled in 1672 and first known as Beaubasin. The First Nations peoples name for the place was Kwesomalegek, meaning 'a hardwood point.'
5. Hastings (Amherst) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Dickey was the first land grantee in 1852. The place was first called Porter Town but in 1864 by provincial statute the name was changed to Hastings to honour Warren Hastings, an English statesman.
6. Lorneville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settled in the early 1800s and named for the Marquis of Lorne.
7. Salem Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Sugarwoods Hill, because of a forest of rock maples in the area, and later River Philip Road. The name was changed to Salem in 1852.
8. Truemanville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for the Amos Trueman family, which settled here in 1817.
9. Warren Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Warren Hastings and birthplace of Sir Charles Tupper (1821-1915).
  10. Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Amherst Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Amherst Range Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Beecham Settlement Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Brookdale Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Chignecto Game Sanctuary Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. East Amherst Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Hackmatack Lake Game Sanctuary Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Jacksons Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. Maccan River Wildlife Management Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Round Lake Game Sanctuary Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. Tyndal Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Upper Nappan Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  24. West Amherst Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
25. Athol (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First known as Little Forks. In 1871 Parliament approved the name change to Athol, likely suggested by descendants of Loyalists after John Murray, 4th Duke of Athol.
  26. Athol Station (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. Chignecto (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place takes its name from the bay which is located about 15 km W of the town and is the NE arm of the Bay of Fundy. The Mi'kmaq called the place Signiukt and it first appears in English records in 1691 as Siganectoe.
  28. Harrison Woods Nature Reserve (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Lower Maccan (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John Harrison was the first settler in 1780.
30. Maccan (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name derives from the First Nations peoples' name Maagan or Maakan, 'fishing place. There was an Acadian settlement here in the mid-1700s.
  31. Maccan Woods (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
32. Nappan (Maccan, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal peoples called the place Nepan, “a good place to get camp or wigwam poles'. The first white settler was George Noiles from Germany, who settled in 1735.
  33. Lower River Hebert (River Hebert East, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. River Hebert East (River Hebert East, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
35. Barronsfield (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Capt. Edward Barron, an early grantee.
  36. Fossil Coast Nature Reserve (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  37. Mill Creek (Amherst) (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
38. Minudie (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The French called the area le champs élysées and the area is still known locally as the 'Elysian Fields. The name derives from the Mi'kmaw name Munoodek, ‘a small bay.'
39. River Hebert (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place takes its name from the river, which was named for Louis Hébert, an apothecary who was part of the Du Gua de Monts expedition to Acadia in 1604.
  40. Strathcona (River Hebert, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review