Cumberland (Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Valley, B4H 3Y4)
1. Athol (Maccan, 7km) 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.
  2. Athol Station (Maccan, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
3. Chignecto (Maccan, 7km) 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.
  4. Harrison Woods Nature Reserve (Maccan, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
5. Lower Maccan (Maccan, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John Harrison was the first settler in 1780.
6. Maccan (Maccan, 7km) 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.
  7. Maccan Woods (Maccan, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
8. Nappan (Maccan, 7km) 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.
  9. Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
10. Amherst (Amherst, 10km) 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.'
11. Amherst Head (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Dixon and John Trenholm had land grants here in 1818.
  12. Amherst Point (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Amherst Range (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Beecham Settlement (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. Brookdale (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Chignecto Game Sanctuary (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. East Amherst (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
19. Fenwick (Amherst, 10km) 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.
20. Fort Lawrence (Amherst, 10km) 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.'
  21. Hackmatack Lake Game Sanctuary (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
22. Hastings (Amherst) (Amherst, 10km) 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.
  23. Jacksons Point (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
24. Lorneville (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in the early 1800s and named for the Marquis of Lorne.
  25. Maccan River Wildlife Management Area (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Round Lake Game Sanctuary (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. Salem (Amherst, 10km) 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.
28. Truemanville (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for the Amos Trueman family, which settled here in 1817.
  29. Tyndal Road (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Upper Nappan (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. Warren (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Warren Hastings and birthplace of Sir Charles Tupper (1821-1915).
  32. West Amherst (Amherst, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  33. Athol Road (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. Black River Road (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
35. Claremont (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
believed to have been named after a place of the same name in Surrey, England. Nathan Bennett, John Rhodes and John McCollan all settled here in 1828.
  36. Glenville (Springhill) (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  37. Junction Road (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
38. Leamington (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in 1825 and first called Maccan Mountain. At a meeting of residents in 1886 the name was changed to Leamington for a town of that name in Warwickshire, England.
39. Little Forks (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Daniel Mills and James Fillett had land grants here by 1788.
  40. Millers Corner (Springhill) (Springhill, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review