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1. Big Bank
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Settlement started in 1832. The name is descriptive. |
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2. Big Glen
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The first land grant here was in 1865 to Angus McDonald. |
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3. Bird Islands Wildlife Management Area
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These islands appear on old maps as the Ciboux Islands. The Mi'kmaq called them Kloopskeaakade. On some maps the outer Bird Island is called Hiboux and the inner is shown as Hertford Island . |
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4. Boularderie
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Simon Le Poupet de La Boularderie (1674-1738) was commandant at Port d'Orléans from 1719-38. In appreciation for this he was granted by France the island that now bears his name and the adjacent E shore of the La Petit Brador (St. Andrews Channel). |
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5. Boularderie Centre
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A settlement on Boularderie Island, settled in 1844. |
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6. Boularderie East
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A settlement on Boularderie Island, settled in 1834. By 1904 the population was 500 and there were four saw- and two gristmills and a lobster factory. |
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7. Boularderie West
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A settlement on the N side of St. Andrews Channel opposite Long Island. Settled in the mid-1800s. |
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8. Breton Cove
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One of the first grantees was John McInnes, who settled here in 1859. |
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9. Cape Dauphin / Fairy Hole
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Cape Dauphin: The First Nation knew the place as Kookumijenagwanak meaning ‘our grandmother,' after a certain rock. |
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10. Englishtown
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Scottish settlers named the place when they arrived around 1820. They found a community of English people started in 1780, who could not speak Gaelic. |
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11. Indian Brook
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Named for a Mi'kmaq named Joe, who was a cooper by trade and lived in the area. Alexander McLellan had a land grant here in 1834. |
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12. Jersey Cove
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James Dauphigny was the first land grantee in 1835. |
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13. Murray
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John and William McDonald were land grantees here in 1880. The place was named for Hon. George H. Murray, premier of Nova Scotia 1896-1923, by the manager of the American Lumber and Pulp Co., which did business here. |
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14. New Campbellton
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irst known as Kelly or Kelly's Cove. In 1862 it was named for influential resident Charles James Campbell, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia for Victoria County, 1855-61, 1863-67 and 1872-73. |
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15. New Harris Settlement (New Harris)
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New Harris Settlement: Roderick McLeod had the first land grant here, in 1868. |
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16. North River Bridge
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Settled between 1828-40 by Scots from the Harris and Lewis Islands in the Hebrides. |
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17. North River Centre / Falls
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Settled between 1828 and 1840 by Scots from the Harris and Lewis Islands in the Hebrides. In 1904 there were gypsum quarries here. |
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18. North Shore (Cape Breton) / Plaster Provincial Park / Plaster
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19. Quarry St. Anns
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Andrew MacIntosh had the first land grant here, in 1841. In the 1890s an American company mined plaster and tripolite deposits here. |
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20. River Bennet / Eel Cove
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21. Ross Ferry
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John Ross was one of the first land grantees, in 1828. |
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22. South Haven
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One of the first settlers was Donald McLeod, who came here in 1820. |
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23. St. Anns / MacLeod Point / North Gut St. Anns / South Gut St. Anns
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St. Anns: Samuel de Champlain's Capt. Daniel of Dieppe named the place when he built a fort here in 1629. It is officially St. Anns and not Ste. Anne. |
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24. Upper Kempt Head
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Angus McKay was the first settler here, in 1829. |
25. Baddeck River Wilderness Area
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26. Beinn Scalpie
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27. Bell Lakes
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28. Black Rock, Big Bras d'Or
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29. Campbellton
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30. Goose Cove
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31. Harbourview (Sydney)
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32. Jersey Cove Beach
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33. Kluscap Wilderness Area
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34. Little River (Cape Breton)
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35. MacDonalds Mountain
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36. MacLeods Point
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37. New Harris Forks
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38. North River Wilderness Area
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39. Oregon
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40. Plaster Provincial Park
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41. Rear Little River
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42. St. Anns Provincial Park
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43. Tarbot
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44. Tarbotvale
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45. West Tarbot
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