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1. Clam Harbour
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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. |
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2. Head of Jeddore
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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. |
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3. Lake Charlotte
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First called Lakeville but the name was changed to Ship Harbour Lake to avoid confusion with Upper Lakeville. |
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4. Little Harbour (Sheet Harbour)
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The Aborignal name was Segunakigumik ‘sails torn to shreds.' Land here was granted in 1839 to Walter H. Stoddart. |
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5. Ostrea Lake
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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. |
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6. Oyster Pond
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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. |
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7. Pleasant Point (Lawrencetown)
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First known as Kent's Island for land grantee William Kent. There was a post office by 1870. |
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8. Salmon River Bridge
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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. |
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9. Ship Harbour
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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. |
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10. West Jeddore
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The Mi'kmaw name was Winaboogwech, 'swearing place,' or Wineboogwechk, 'crooked, ugly, flowing river.' |
| 11. Beech Hill (Lake Charlotte)
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| 12. Clam Bay
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| 13. Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park
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| 14. Cowan Brook Nature Reserve
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| 15. East Jeddore
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| 16. Hartlin Settlement
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| 17. Lower West Jeddore
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| 18. Myers Point
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| 19. Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area
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| 20. Southwest Cove (Musquodoboit Harbour)
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| 21. Upper Lakeville
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22. Bayers Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km)
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Named for George Bayer, son of baker George Bayer of Halifax who settled here around 1771. |
| 23. East Petpeswick (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km)
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24. Musquodoboit Harbour / Petpeswick Harbour (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km)
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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)
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26. Smith Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km)
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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. |
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27. West Petpeswick / Greenough Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 6km)
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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)
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| 29. Chezzetcook Air Weapons Range (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 30. Cole Harbour Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 31. Conrod Island Provincial Park (Porters Lake, 20km)
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32. Conrod Settlement (Porters Lake, 20km)
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Named for George Conrod who had a grant here around 1818. |
| 33. Conrods and Lawrencetown Beach (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 34. Desert (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 35. East Chezzetcook (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 36. East Lawrencetown (Porters Lake, 20km)
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| 37. East Preston (Porters Lake, 20km)
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38. Grand Desert (Porters Lake, 20km)
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The name is descriptive of large amounts of sand washed up here. John and Joseph Lapierre settled here in 1788. |
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39. Head of Chezzetcook (Harbour, Inlet, Lake, River) (Porters Lake, 20km)
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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.' |
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40. Lake Echo / Minesville (Porters Lake, 20km)
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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. |