Chester (South Shore, B0J 1J0)
1. Canaan (Chester) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
David Crandle received a 500-acre land grant here in 1812. The name is of biblical origin referring to the promised land of the Israelites.
2. Chester Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 275-3554 - Leave a Public Review
First called Meneskwak, 'the marshy place.' In 1759 the township of Shoreham was created, running from Hubbards to Martins River on the S Shore, Shoreham was named for Shoreham in Sussex, England.
3. Chester Islands / Quaker Island Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
4. East Chester Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named because it is E of Chester which takes its name from the township. It was first called Scotch Grove and was settled about 1760 with people from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
5. East River Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The community and adjacent point take their names from the river, so named because it is on the E side of Mahone Bay.
6. Marriotts Cove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Benjamin Bridge settled here in 1767 on a 480-acre land grant. The community is named for another early settler.
7. Robinsons Corner Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Philip Knaut and Timothy Houghton built a mill and made other improvements here before receiving a 700-acre grant in 1778.
8. Squid Cove / Moland Settlement Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
  9. Chester Acres Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Commons Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. East River Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. East River Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Graves Island Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Haddon Hill Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Long Lake Nature Reserve (Chester) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Shaw Island Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
17. Aldersville (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name was originally spelled Aaldersville after Peter Aalders (1785–1834), a native of Gorinchem, Holland, who served in the 7th Battalion, 60th Regiment sent home to Nova Scotia during the War of 1812.
  18. Blue Mountain, New Minas (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Dalhousie Road (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. East Dalhousie (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
21. Forties (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Also called Forties Settlement. On the military road surveyed by the Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838) while serving as Lt-Gov of Nova Scotia, 1816-19. “Forty' lots were reserved for veterans of the Napoleonic Wars.
  22. Franey Corner (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
23. Fraxville (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in the mid-1800s and believed to have been named for an early settler.
24. Glengarry (Chester) (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Grants were made to veterans of the Napoleonic Wars in 1819 and the place was named after Glengarry in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  25. Hardwood Lake (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Harriston (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. Lake Ramsay (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Believed to have been named by George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1770-1838), Lt.-Gov. of Nova Scotia from 1816-19.
  28. Lakeview (New Ross) (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Leville (Levyville) (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for William H. Levy who received a grant near Horseshoe Lake in 1863.
30. Mill Road (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Land grants began in 1865. The name derives from the community's location on the road from New Ross to one of the principal area mills. Richard Russel was the first land grantee in 1865.
31. New Ross (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
When Capt. William Ross was granted land here in 1816 for himself and his 172 disbanded soldiers of the Nova Scotia Fencibles, the place was called Sherbrooke, for Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764-1830), Lt.-Gov. of Nova Scotia from 1811-16.
  32. New Ross 20 (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
33. New Russell (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Although several other settlers were here in 1862, the place is named for Henry Russell, who received his grant in 1893.
  34. Pennal 19 (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. Salmontail Lake (New Ross, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Beech Hill (Chester) (Chester Basin, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for a grove of beech trees. Christopher Moland received a land grant here in 1816.
  37. Borgels Point (Chester Basin, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
38. Chester Basin (Chester Basin, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is from the township and the small cove, or 'basin.' Grants were given here from 1760. For a time the place was called Borgold after a family that settled here. See also Chester.
  39. Chester Grant (Chester Basin, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
40. Gold River (Chester Basin, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Mi'kmaq called the place Amagap-skegek for 'rocky river.' Settled in 1765 and called Gould River and Goold River for an early settler.