Head of Jeddore (Eastern Shore, B0J 1P0)
1. Clam Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaq called the place Aasegadich, “clam gathering place. It was originally called Clam Cove until the harbour was dredged out. Robert Campbell Jr. received a grant of 2,000 acres here in 1765.
2. Head of Jeddore Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Head of Jeddore is a rural community of the Halifax Regional Municipality on Trunk 7 on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia 47.06 kilometers from Downtown Halifax.
3. Lake Charlotte Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Lakeville but the name was changed to Ship Harbour Lake to avoid confusion with Upper Lakeville.
4. Little Harbour (Sheet Harbour) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Aborignal name was Segunakigumik ‘sails torn to shreds.' Land here was granted in 1839 to Walter H. Stoddart.
5. Ostrea Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settled about 1780 and first called William Settlement. That name was changed around 1881 to Ostrea from Ostreidae, the root word for ‘oyster,' found here in abundance.
6. Oyster Pond Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
In 1672 the harbour from which a number of Jeddore places took their name was known as Rivière Théodore, a harbour with a good entrance for ships.
7. Pleasant Point (Lawrencetown) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First known as Kent's Island for land grantee William Kent. There was a post office by 1870.
8. Salmon River Bridge Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
It was so named because it is at a bridge over an arm of Jeddore Harbour known as the Salmon River or Head of Jeddore, a route taken by salmon migrating upstream to spawn.
9. Ship Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
This place, which was settled in 1783 by a group of SC Loyalists, took its name from the harbour. An early name was Knowles Harbour. The harbour's name is from a cliff called 'Ship Rock' at its entrance.
10. West Jeddore Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name was Winaboogwech, 'swearing place,' or Wineboogwechk, 'crooked, ugly, flowing river.'
  11. Beech Hill (Lake Charlotte) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Clam Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Cowan Brook Nature Reserve Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. East Jeddore Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Hartlin Settlement Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Lower West Jeddore Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Myers Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. Southwest Cove (Musquodoboit Harbour) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Upper Lakeville Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
22. Bayers Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for George Bayer, son of baker George Bayer of Halifax who settled here around 1771.
  23. East Petpeswick (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
24. Musquodoboit Harbour / Petpeswick Harbour (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name traces from Mooskudo-boogwek, 'suddenly widening out after a narrow entrance at its mouth,' and the current name is an anglicized version of the original name.
  25. Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
26. Smith Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Thomas Crow had a 500-acre grant here in 1814. He had come from Louisburg to be the first British settler at Musquodoboit Harbour about 1778.
27. West Petpeswick / Greenough Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Greenough Settlement: In Halifax County on the W side of Petpeswick Inlet 32 km E of Dartmouth. Francis Elliot received a 1,000-acre grant here in 1767, but the place is named for the Greenough family of the mid-1850s.
  28. White Lake Wilderness Area (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  29. Chezzetcook Air Weapons Range (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Cole Harbour Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  31. Conrod Island Provincial Park (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
32. Conrod Settlement (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for George Conrod who had a grant here around 1818.
  33. Conrods and Lawrencetown Beach (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. Desert (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. East Chezzetcook (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  36. East Lawrencetown (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  37. East Preston (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
38. Grand Desert (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is descriptive of large amounts of sand washed up here. John and Joseph Lapierre settled here in 1788.
39. Head of Chezzetcook (Harbour, Inlet, Lake, River) (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The four communities that share this name are located around Chezzetcook Inlet, 21 km E of Dartmouth. One explanation of the name is that it may be derived from the Mi'kmaq Chesetcook, ‘flowing rapidly in many channels.'
40. Lake Echo / Minesville (Porters Lake, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The lake was named for its acoustic qualities. The area was settled in the early 1800s. Alexander Taylor had a 300-acre land grant on the NE side of the lake in 1818.