Bedford (Halifax Metro, B4A 1A0)
1. Bedford Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
From 1749-1856 the place was known as Sackville for Fort Sackville built in 1749 to keep open the overland trail between Halifax and the Annapolis and to protect Halifax Mi'kmaw raids.
  2. Bedford Range Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  3. Fernleigh Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  4. Glen Moir Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  5. Harmony Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  6. Killarney Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
7. Beaver Bank (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The area was settled in the early 1800s and took its name from a beaver dam. The area was settled in the very early 1800s.
8. Kinsac (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John Pleasant and John H. Fleiger both had land grants here by 1810.
9. Lakeview (Lower Sackville) (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In 1891 lots were sold in the 'proposed new town of Lakeview.' Theo Larsen had a shanty on his part of the town site and was clearing land.
10. Lower Sackville (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
This place and the nearby communities of Middle Sackville and Upper Sackville are locally called 'The Sackvilles' and are chiefly bedroom communities for folks who work in Halifax-Dartmouth.
11. Lucasville (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for an early settler and first called Lucas Settlement. John George Pyke and Richard Wenman had land grants here in 1764.
  12. North Beaver Bank (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Old Cobequid Road (Lower Sackville, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Lewis Lake (Lower Sackville) (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
15. Maroon Hill (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Maroons, deported from Jamaica by the British government, were brought to Nova Scotia in 1796. Most left for Sierra Leone by 1800. Some took up residence here, giving the place its name. Patrick West received a land grant here in 1763.
  16. Middle Sackville (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Old Annapolis Road Nature Reserve (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
18. Pockwock (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the place Pogwek or Pokwek, 'the smoky or 'dry lake.
  19. Pockwock Wilderness Area (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
20. Springfield Lake (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Springfield Lake is a small lake located in Middle Sackville, Halifax Regional Municipality
21. Upper Sackville / Groves / Sackville (Middle Sackville, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Groves: Named for a grove of trees adjacent to the railway siding. Land grants were made here in 1905 and in 1885 a schoolhouse was built at nearby Brushy Hill.
  22. Sackville Lakes Provincial Park (Waverley, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
23. Waverley (Waverley, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name derives from a cottage built by Charles P. Allen which he called Waverley after one of the novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
  24. Waverley Game Sanctuary (Waverley, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  25. Waverley Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area (Waverley, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
26. Windsor Junction (Waverley, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named because railway lines from Windsor, Truro and Dartmouth form a Junction here.
27. Beechville (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The first settlers were Black refugees brought to Halifax during the War of 1812. First called Beech Hill because of the many beech trees.
  28. Blind Bay (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  29. Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
30. Brookside (Halifax area) (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John Drysdale and four others received a 1,550-acre land grant here in 1787.
31. Goodwood (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name was given before 1770 and is descriptive. John Gosbee received a land grant here in 1770.
  32. Greenhead Road (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  33. Greenwood Heights (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
34. Hatchet Lake (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In 1787 a grant of 1,550 acres was made to five settlers. The name derived from either a settler losing a hatchet in the area or for deciding the lake had the shape of a hatchet.
35. Lakeside (Bayers Lake) (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is from its position beside Governors Lake. Theodosius Morris had a 500-acre grant here in 1846.
36. Lakeside (Halifax) / Greenhead (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is from its position beside Governors Lake. Theodosius Morris had a 500-acre grant here in 1846.
  37. Otter Lake (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  38. Parkdale (Timberlea) (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. Shad Bay (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Daniel, George and Peter Marlow received a land grant here in 1764. The bay was named for the species of fish that was plentiful here.
40. Timberlea (Lakeside, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first called Nine Mile River but after Angus Bowser opened a hotel around 1900 the name changed to Bowser Station.