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1. Five Islands
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Originally called Nankulmenegool, meaning five islands. Legend has it that Glooscap, in a fit of anger, threw five rocks across the Minas Basin from his residence on Cape Blomidon. |
2. Blue Sac Road
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3. Five Islands Provincial Park
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4. Gerrish Valley
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5. Harrington Beach
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6. Lower Economy
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7. Lower Five Islands
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8. New Britain
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9. Sand Point Beach
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10. Carrs Brook (Economy, 14km)
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First called Point Conomie where William Simpson obtained a land grant in 1770. The place and brook are named for an early settler. |
11. Cove Road (Economy, 14km)
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12. Economy (Economy, 14km)
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The name is not what it seems...it's derived from the Mi'kmaq Kenomee, 'a long point jutting out into the sea.' |
13. Economy Point (Economy, 14km)
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14. Economy Point Nature Reserve (Economy, 14km)
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15. Upper Economy (Economy, 14km)
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Upper Economy was first settled in 1768 by the Hill brothers, Robert, Charles, and Patrick, who were each allotted in March of that year 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land. |
16. Black Rock, Parrsboro (Parrsboro, 18km)
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17. Cross Roads (Parrsboro) (Parrsboro, 18km)
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18. Diligent River (Parrsboro, 18km)
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The place takes its name from the river which flows into the Minas Basin here. During the French colonial period this area was known as Rivière Gascogne, named for Gascony, a province in SW France. |
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19. Diligent River Nature Reserve / Parrsboro Shore (Parrsboro, 18km)
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20. Fox River (Parrsboro, 18km)
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The first land grantees in 1784-88 were Capt. John Hatfield, Rebecca Cloud and Finlay Burns. |
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21. Greenhill (Parrsboro) (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Charles Fraser was the first land grantee here in 1811. |
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22. Halfway River / Halfway River East (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Settled by Loyalists and Scots around 1778. Caleb Lewis and John Fordice were early settlers. |
23. Harrison Settlement (Parrsboro, 18km)
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24. Kirkhill (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Named for James Kirkpatrick, who settled on 'Kirk's Hill' in 1812. |
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25. Lake Road Corner / Jeffers Brook (Parrsboro, 18km)
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26. Lakelands (Parrsboro) (Parrsboro, 18km)
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The name is descriptive and the place was settled in the late 1700s. There were settlers here before John Perry received his land grant in 1785. |
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27. Moose River (Parrsboro) (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Aboriginal people called the place Kesegwichk, 'the current flows swiftly,' and the current name derives from there having been an abundance of moose in the area. Lt.Col. Francis Kearney settled in 1801. |
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28. New Prospect (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Settled in the early 1800s. The first school was established by 1848. Josiah and John Fulton had the first land grants here in 1859. |
29. North Greville (Parrsboro, 18km)
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30. Parrsboro (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Mi'kmaw called the place Awokun, 'a portage or shortcut.' |
31. Partridge Island Beach (Parrsboro, 18km)
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32. Port Greville / Greville Bay (Parrsboro, 18km)
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The place takes its name from Greville Bay which was named for Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865), clerk of council 1821–59, a political diarist and confidante of two prime ministers, Wellington and Palmerston. |
33. Port Greville Beach (Parrsboro, 18km)
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34. Riverside Beach (Parrsboro, 18km)
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John Fraser had a land grant here in 1801. |
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35. Two Islands (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Charles Fraser was a grantee here in 1811. |
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36. Wards Brook (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Edward and William Teate had grants here in 1815. |
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37. West Bay (Parrsboro) / Union Valley (Parrsboro, 18km)
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38. Wharton (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Named for Lord Wharton. Capt. Thomas Moore and two soldiers who had served with the New Jersey Volunteers received grants here in 1785. |
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39. Yorke Settlement (Parrsboro, 18km)
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Capt. Moore, Edmund Butler and Joseph Mumford were members of the New Jersey Volunteers who received land grants here in 1785. |