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Hebron (Yarmouth and Acadian Shores, B5A 1X0)

	1. Brooklyn (Yarmouth) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review Settled by Stephen Durkie around 1770 and first called Squirrel Town.
	2. Chegoggin (North and South) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review In 1630 the Mi'kmaq knew the place as Noojeogun, but Chegoggir evolved from Che for great and goggin for 'encampment’.
	3. Deerfield Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The name is descriptive of a deer habitat. Settlement began early in the 1800s and in the 1820s Braemar Lodge, a resort and sporting centre was opened by J. D. Burton.
	4. Hebron Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The Mi'kmaw name for the area was Malegeak, 'bent in different directions,' referring to the Yarmouth River.
	5. Lakeside (Hebron) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review Natives called the place Kespoogwit, 'land's end.' The settlement was an offshoot of the Yarmouth settlement in the late 1700s.
	6. Sandford Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the place Kespoogwit, 'land's end.' The English name likely derived from the fact there was a sandy ford across a nearby stream. Settlement began in the 1770s.
	7. Dayton Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	8. Ellenwood Lake Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	9. Forest Glen (Tusket) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	10. South Chegoggin Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	11. South Ohio Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	12. Wellington (Yarmouth) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	13. Cape Forchu (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review Champlain named the point in 1604 because, he said, it was formed like a fork.
	14. Greenville (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	15. Milton Highlands (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	16. Overton (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the place Malegeak, 'fretful water. The present name reflects the fact that the village is across, or over, the harbour from Yarmouth town. The Rose family was settled here by 1797.
	17. Pembroke (Yarmouth) / Pembroke Shore (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review First called Kesp-oogwit, 'land's end.' Levi Scovil settled here in 1793. The place was named for a town in Wales.
	18. Sand Beach (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	19. Sand Beach (Protected Beach) (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	20. Yarmouth (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 742-2521 FAX: (902) 742-6244 - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the area Kespoogwit, “land's end,' and the place Maligeak, 'crooked every which way, referring to the Yarmouth River.
	21. Yarmouth 33 (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	22. Yarmouth Bar (Yarmouth, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	23. Arcadia (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal name was Utkubok, 'spring water.' New England settlers in the 1760s called the place Upper Chebogue.
	24. Central Chebogue (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	25. Chebogue Point (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review An attempt at settlement was made by the French here in 1739 when the place was named Tibogue, but it was unsuccessful.
	26. Kelleys Cove (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Mi'kmaw name for the Chebogue area which includes Kelly Cove, was Utkubok, ‘a spring of water.'
	27. Melbourne (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review Aboriginals called the place Keskoospaak, ‘where they catch beavers.' Settled in the late 1700s. Named for William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Lord Melbourne.
	28. Melbourne Lake Game Sanctuary (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	29. Rockville (Arcadia, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the place Utkubok, ‘a spring of water. This was originally Lower Chebogue and then Rocky Nook until residents chose the more descriptive name of Rockville. James Robbins settled here in 1762.
	30. Bartletts Beach (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	31. Beaver River (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review Aboriginal peoples' called the place Wezek, 'home of the beaver.'
	32. Brenton (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review James Walker settled here in 1825. The place is believed to be named for James Brenton, third Attorney-General, 1779-81.
	33. Cedar Lake Nature Reserve (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	34. Darlings Lake (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review On an inspection trip to Yarmouth in 1790, Col. Michael Ashley Darling from Annapolis Garrison, camped here and named the place after himself.
	35. Hillview (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	36. Lake George (Yarmouth) (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review Settlement began in the late 1700s. Named to commemorate the long and controversial reign of King George III from 1760-1830.
	37. Port Maitland (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the adjacent Beaver River Elsetkook, 'flowing along by high rocks’.
	38. Port Maitland Beach Provincial Park (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	39. Richmond (Yarmouth) (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	40. Short Beach (Port Maitland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review