1. Brookville, New Glasgow
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McLellans Brook flows through the community where Alexander Fraser settled in 1810 on a 500-acre land grant. |
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2. Centredale
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In Pictou County 3 km S of Grants Lake, so named because it was located about halfway between East River at Bridgeville and West Branch East River at Waterville, now called Elgin. James McKenzie from Invernessshire settled here in 1802. |
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3. Elgin
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Named for James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-63), Governor General of Canada during the troublesome years 1846-54. Thomas Fraser had a land grant here in 1793. |
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4. Eureka / Ferrona (Junction)
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Settlement in the area started by 1789 but the site of Eureka was a wilderness until the Eureka Milling Company was established here in 1882 and gave its name to the community. |
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5. Glencoe (New Glasgow)
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Likely named for a place in Argyleshire, Scotland, where Chief Maclan and 37 of his MacDonald followers were massacred in 1692 by soldiers (Campbells) of the Duke of Argyll's regiment. Settlement began around 1800. |
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6. Hopewell
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First called Milltown for John Duff's gristmill until around 1800. Explanations for the place name differ. One version is it was named for the ship that brought Alexander McNutt and other Ulster settlers here in 1761. |
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7. Island East River "The Island"
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So named because it was on the eastern shore of an inland island formed by the two branches of the East River, a lake and brooks. John Cameron and Alexander McLean settled here before 1789. |
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8. Lorne
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Settlement was started before 1789 by Robert, Alex and William Dunbar and James Cameron, who called the place Big Brook. In 1878 the name changed to Lorne for the Marquis of Lorne (1845-1914), Governor-General of Canada, 1878-83. |
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9. Marshdale
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Fox Brook was named about 1784 when moose hunters shot a fox here. Farquhar Falconer was one of the first settlers in 1793. |
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10. Millstream
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James Grant came from Scotland on the Hector, moved around a bit and then settled on Mill Stream in 1790. |
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11. Springville
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Early settler James Fraser named this place around 1828 for the many sparkling streams in the area. In 1890 a railway line was built between here and Eureka by the New Glasgow Coal, Iron and Railway Co., to transport iron ore being mined here. |
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12. St. Pauls
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James Fraser, from the disbanded 84th Regiment, settled near here in 1784. The place is named for the Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, built in 1815. |
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13. Sunny Brae / Black Rock Station
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14. Trafalgar
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This settlement is located on the West River St. Mary's in the northwest corner of Guysborough County, in eastern Nova Scotia. |
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15. White Hill ( Cape Breton ) / Highest Point in NS
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White Hill is the highest point in Nova Scotia at 532 metres, (1,702.4 ft.) The site was granted to Neil McDonald and Andrew and John Marshall in 1792. |
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16. Drug Brook Nature Reserve
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17. East Loon Lake Village
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18. Loon Lake
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19. New Lairg
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20. Rush Lake Nature Reserve
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21. Sunnybrae Game Sanctuary
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22. Alma (Westville, 15km)
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Settled by Scots around 1773 but not named until near the end of the Crimean War (1853–56). In 1855 the Allied armies of Britain, France and Turkey landed in the Crimea and defeated the Russians in the Battle of Alma River. |
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23. Concord (Mills) / Glengarry (Station) (Westville, 15km)
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William McKay and Archibald Sutherland received grants here in 1813. In 1859 the postal way station here was Forks Middle River. |
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24. Fox Brook (Westville, 15km)
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25. Gordon Summit (Westville, 15km)
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Named for River Gordon, who lived in what was the community of Lairg in the 1870s. 'Summit' referred to the 500-foot (152.4 m) hill there. The area was settled in 1816. |
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26. Hamilton Road (Westville, 15km)
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27. Hazel Glen (Westville, 15km)
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28. Lansdowne (New Glasgow) (Westville, 15km)
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29. Lansdowne Station (Westville, 15km)
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Around 1803, emigrants from Lairg in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, began to locate here and they called the place New Lairg. |
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30. Pleasant Valley (New Glasgow) (Westville, 15km)
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Scots Thomas McKenzie, a blacksmith, and Alexander McDonald were both settled here before 1814. |
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31. Rocklin / White Hill (Pictou) (Westville, 15km)
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A 'lyn” is a waterfall. The name was likely inspired by a rocky waterfall. Duncan and William Balfour settled around 1801. |
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32. Sheepherders Junction (Westville, 15km)
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33. Sylvester (Westville, 15km)
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34. Union Centre (Westville, 15km)
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Named because it was one of the main crossings over the Middle River and the junction of roads from East and West Rivers and roads leading up both sides of Middle River. John McLean and Kenneth Fraser had land grants here in 1783 |
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35. Westville (Westville, 15km)
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Coal was discovered in quantity here in 1866 and that year the Acadian Coal Co. began mining operations. |
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36. Brookland (Salt Springs, 16km)
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37. Campbells Siding (Salt Springs, 16km)
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38. Central West River (Salt Springs, 16km)
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39. Dalhousie (New Glascow) (Salt Springs, 16km)
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40. Dalhousie Mountain Nature Reserve (Salt Springs, 16km)
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