Canning (Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Valley, B0P 1H0)
1. Baxters Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Dr. William Baxter and his son John who settled here in 1803. Baxters Harbour Falls drop 15 metres (50 feet) to Fraser Brook.
2. Blomidon / Blow-Me-Down Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Mi'kmaq called the place Owbogegechk meaning 'dogwood.' Champlain named the cape Cape Poutrincourt after his friend who scaled the cliffs during an exploratory voyage.
3. Canard Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The First Nations name for the river from which the community takes its name was Apcheechkumoochwaakade, meaning ‘abounding in little ducks.'
4. Canning Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Apple Tree Landing because of an apple tree that survived there from the earlier Acadian settlement.
5. Delhaven Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The settlement’s first name was Middle Pereau. At a public meeting in 1880 the name Delhaven was proposed by Holmes Davidson.
6. Habitant Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The name is French for 'inhabitant.' Land grants were issued here in 1761.
7. Hillaton Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Washington Street and then Saxon Street. Seth Burg and Stephen Herrenton received land grants here in 1761.
8. Kingsport Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Indian Point or Oak Point. Land was granted here in 1761 to Benjamin Newcomb. The name later changed because the place was a 'port' in Kings County.
9. Medford Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settlement started in 1760 and the place was first called Bass Creek. About 1855 the name was changed to Medford because of the ford across a creek and surrounding meadows.
10. Norths (Corner) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for the North family, early residents. Settlement began here soon after Cornwallis Township was granted to New England emigrants in 1761.
11. Pereau Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The First Nations People had two names for this place: Upkowegun, 'spruce bark-covered wigwam,' and Wojechk, a white signal seen from afar, referring to a waterfall that could be seen at a distance.
12. The Lookoff Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
So named because this site provides a panoramic view of six rivers, five counties and the Minas Basin.
  13. Arlington Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Arlington East Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Bennett Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Blomidon Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Lower Blomidon Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Lower Canard Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. Middle Pereau Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Minas Basin Wildlife Management Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. North Medford Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Ross Creek Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  24. Scots Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  25. Scots Bay Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Scots Bay Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  27. South Scots Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  28. Upper Pereau Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  29. Victoria Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. White Water Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  31. Woodside (Kentville) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  32. Belcher Street (Port Williams, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
33. Church Street (Port Williams, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for the church and glebe lands on which St. John's Anglican church was built. Settlement began in 1761.
34. Greenwich (Port Williams, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Noggin's Corner because a store here became known far and wide for selling noggins (wooden mugs) of rum. During the 1830s one patron who had over-refreshed himself, fell off his horse and was killed.
35. Port Williams (Port Williams, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the river Chijiktoogwechk, ‘narrow and deep river.' and an early English name for the place was Terry's Creek. New England Planters began settling here in 1760.
36. Starrs Point (Port Williams, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
When the Acadians occupied this place it was called Boudreau's Bank. It was resettled in 1760 by Major Samuel Starr (1749-99), a New England Planter from Norwich, CT, who built a house on Budrot's Point and called it Edgemere.
37. Davison Street / Etna (Wolfville, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Squire Davidson, who homesteaded here in the late 1700s.
  38. Forest Hill (Wolfville) (Wolfville, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. Gaspereau (Wolfville, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The original French spelling was Gasparot for alewife, a fish resembling a herring and present in great numbers in certain parts of the province.
  40. Gaspereau Mountain (Wolfville, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review