Inverness (Cape Breton Island, B0E 1N0)
1. Blackstone Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Margaret MacDonald and her two sons from Lochaber, Scotland, settled here on a 450-acre grant near the mouth of Black River in 1816.
2. Broad Cove Chapel Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Hugh Smith settled here in 1804. By 1870 there was a chapel, shop, gristmill, tannery and two schools.
3. Broad Cove, Inverness / MacEachern Mills Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Angus McIsaac settled here in 1807. The cove was formerly called Hunter's Bay and Broad Cove Banks.
4. Deepdale Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Angus McIsaac was the first settler in 1815. By the 1870s there were two forges, three shops and a mill.
5. Dunvegan Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Duncan McLeod was one of the earliest settlers in 1809. The place was first known as Broad Marsh Cove.
6. Glen Campbell(ton) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for postmaster D. A. Campbell. Angus Gillis settled here in 1840.
7. Glenville (Inverness) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Murdoch Kennedy from Canna, Scotland, was the first settler here in 1812.
8. Inverness Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The place was known as Juste au Corps and later Broad Cove until 1903. In 1791 a large number of Scottish Roman Catholic settlers came here from the Hebrides.
9. Inverside Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
John McLellan of Scotland and John McKinnon were settled here by 1817.
10. Kenloch / Loch Ban / McCormack Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
11. North (Cape) Highlands Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Alexander McKay and John McIntire were living here by 1823.
12. Port Ban Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The name is a combination of English and Gaelic words meaning 'white port’. Early settlers from Scotland receiving warrants of survey in 1817 were John McIntyre and Ann McIntyre, widow of John McIntyre.
13. Sight Point Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Allan and Alexander MacDonald from Scotland applied for land here in 1816.
14. Strathlorne Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The present name, adopted in 1880, honours John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne and 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914), governor general from 1878-83.
  15. Black River Bog Nature Reserve Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Broad Cove Banks Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Broad Cove Marsh Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Foot Cape Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Inverness Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. MacCormicks Corner Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Mason Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. Strathlorne Station Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Victoria Road Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
24. (East) Lake Ainslie / Glenmore (Brook) / Trout River (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Maj.-Gen. Ainslie, Lt.-Gov. of Cape Breton Island from 1816-20. Hugh McMillan from Fort William, Scotland, settled in 1806.
25. (West) Lake Ainslie (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Lake Ainslie Chapel: Alexander McDonald petitioned for land here in 1821.
26. Gillisdale / Mount Pleasant Brook (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for settlers who came from Morar, Scotland, from 1821-25.
27. Keppoch (Mountain) / Morvan (Road) (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in 1820 and named Mayfield and later Morven. The descendants of the settlers gradually moved away and today there is no trace of the settlement.
28. Kiltarlity (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Malcolm McFarland settled in 1865. The name comes from a place of the same name in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  29. Masons Mountain Nature Reserve (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Mount Pleasant (Cape Breton) (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. North / Point Ainslie (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Robert McLeod, Norman McPherson and Donald McLean settled on their land grants here in 1821. Named for Cape Breton Lt.-Gov. George Robert Ainslie (1776-1839), who served from 1816-20.
32. Pipers Glen / Keppoch (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Pipers Glen: Settled in 1843 and named for Neil Jamison, a bagpiper of considerable local fame.
33. Scotsville (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Hugh Campbell from Isle of Muck, Scotland was here in 1821 and owned the first gristmill at Lake Ainslie. First called Outlet of Lake Ainslie or Outlet, because it was at the mouth of the SW branch of the Margaree River.
34. Twin Rock Valley / Kirkwood (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Twin Rock Valley: Six MacMillan brothers came to this area before 1872 from the Island of Muck in Scotland.
35. Upper Margaree / Egypt Falls (Scotsville, 12km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Black River, Port Hawkesbury (Mabou, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The first settlers were Angus and Alexander Campbell who obtained land grants in 1824.
37. Brook Village (Mabou, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Early settlers were Philip and John Doyle in 1823.
38. Glendyer (Mabou, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Donald McLean McDonald erected a mill for dyeing and dressing handmade cloth here in 1848.
39. Glendyer Station (Mabou, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Lambert Lewis Smith had land surveyed here for him in 1826. By 1870 the community had a tannery and a temperance hall.
40. Glengarry (Mabou) (Mabou, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named after Glengarry Scotland. Alexander McDonald applied for land here in 1806.