1. Devon
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Mary Heffernan was the first land grantee in 1810. |
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2. Enfield
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In 1683 a town in CT was named Enfield for the borough in London, England. 180 years later in 1863, Thomas B. Donaldson of Enfield in the Connecticut River Valley suggested that this community be called Enfield. |
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3. Goffs
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A former stopping place for stages bound for Guysborough. Settled in 1821 by Sebastian Richard and Theopoles Chamberlain in 1821, but named for 1846 land grantee William Goff. |
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4. Grand Lake (Enfield)
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The place takes its name from the lake, the largest in the chain between Dartmouth and Shubenacadie. The Mi'kmaw name was Tulugadik for camping ground,' or 'the settlement.' |
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5. Horne Settlement
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The place was settled by Daniel and William Duffee in 1812 and named for the Horne family which settled in 1829. |
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6. Oakfield (Enfield)
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The community took its name from Oakfield, a model estate established in 1865 by Col. John Winburn Laurie (1835-1912). |
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7. Oldham
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Named by early settler Joseph Howe for his ancestors' birthplace in England. Edward Horne and Samuel Isnor found gold here in 1861 and by 1863, eight crushing mills had been built. Oldham now is chiefly a bedroom community of Halifax. |
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8. Renfrew
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Believed to have been named after Renfrew town and county in Scotland. Settlement started around 1833 with Isaac Whitar. |
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9. Bennery Lake Nature Reserve
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10. Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area
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11. Frenchmans Road
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12. Montavista
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13. Oakfield Provincial Park
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14. Shubenacadie 13
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15. Belnan (Elmsdale, 4km)
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16. Elmsdale (Elmsdale, 4km)
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The area was settled before 1818 by John Archibald who called his farm Elmsdale Farm for the abundance of elm trees. |
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17. Nine Mile River (Elmsdale, 4km)
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The Aboriginal people called the Lake Nenadoogweboogwek, 'the trail route. In 1797 there was a settlement here of about 30 Highland Scots veterans. The lake used to be nine miles long. Now it is 14.4 km long. |
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18. Nine Mile Woods (Elmsdale, 4km)
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19. Barneys Brook / Lantz (Lantz, 6km)
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20. Dutch Settlement (Lantz, 6km)
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William Keys settled near here on the Shubenacadie River about 1786 and the place was first known as Key's. The present name was given because of the number of German (Deutsch) people who subsequently settled. |
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21. East Milford (Lantz, 6km)
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22. Grono Road (Lantz, 6km)
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23. Lantz (Lantz, 6km)
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The first land grant was in 1785. In 1898 Harvey and Croft Lantz started a brick and tile plant and the community that grew up around it was named for them. |
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24. Fall River (Fall River, 15km)
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Settled by land grantees in the late 1700s and named for the falls in a stream between Miller and Thomas Lakes. In 1776 Henry Hilliard and others were granted 1,700 acres of land on what was then called the Shubenacadie Lakes. |
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25. Fall River West (Fall River, 15km)
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26. Fletchers Lake (Fall River, 15km)
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27. Laurie Provincial Park (Fall River, 15km)
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28. Lochview Road (Fall River, 15km)
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29. Old Holland Road (Fall River, 15km)
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30. Rawdon River Nature Reserve (Fall River, 15km)
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31. Wellington (Sackville) (Fall River, 15km)
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First called Fletcher's Bridge for the Fletcher family. The name Wellington was bestowed by Lt.-Gen. John W. Laurie (1835-1912), who owned a large estate here called Oakfield. |
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32. Wellington Station / Cookumijenawanak (Fall River, 15km)
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The name given by the Mi'kmaq to a rock in the outlet of Grand Lake into the Shubenacadie River. The word translates as 'Grandmother's Place.' The Mi'kmaq believed the rock had been placed there for their convenience for fishing. |
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33. Sackville Lakes Provincial Park (Waverley, 19km)
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34. Waverley (Waverley, 19km)
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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). |
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35. Waverley Game Sanctuary (Waverley, 19km)
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36. Waverley Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area (Waverley, 19km)
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37. Windsor Junction (Waverley, 19km)
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Named because railway lines from Windsor, Truro and Dartmouth form a Junction here. |
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38. Coldstream (Shubenacadie, 19km)
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The Campbell family were the first settlers in the late 1700s. Rev. Robert Blackwood, the Presbyterian minister at nearby Gays River, named the place after Coldstream in Berwick-shire, Scotland. |
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39. Gays River (Shubenacadie, 19km)
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The Mi'kmaq called the place Wisunawon, for 'beaver.' Believed named for a traveller named Gay who camped on the riverbank on his way from Halifax to Pictou. Settlement began in 1780. |
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40. Indian Brook 14 (Shubenacadie, 19km)
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