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1. Belle Côte
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The place was first called East Side Margaree Harbour, but was given its present name by an Act of Parliament in 1892. |
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2. Chimney Corner / McLean Cove
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Chimney Corner: The place was settled by Scots in 1811, but had been earlier named by a French admiral for a high pinnacle of rock at the entrance to the cove. |
3. Chimney Corner Nature Reserve
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4. Margaree Harbour
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5. Margaree Harbour Beach
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6. Margaree Harbour Southwest Beach
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7. Scotch Hill (Inverness)
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8. Coady Road (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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9. Emerald / Big Brook Settlement (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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Big Brook Settlement: In Cape Breton County on Big Brook, a tributary of North East Margaree River. Settled in the mid-1800s. |
10. Fordview (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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11. Margaree 25 (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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12. Margaree Brook Nature Reserve (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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George Hall received a land grant here in 1791. |
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13. Margaree Forks (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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The Margaree River which empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence at Margaree Harbour is famous for its scenery and salmon fishery. |
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14. Rear Dunvegan (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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William Hindle came here from England in 1813. |
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15. South West Margaree / Coady Settlement (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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16. South West Margaree Provincial Park (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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17. St. Rose (Margaree Forks, 12km)
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It was first called Broad Cove Ponds but the name was changed to St. Rose by statute in 1891. Alexander McNeil who came here from Scotland in 1805 was among the first settlers. |
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18. Cap Le Moine (Grand Étang, 13km)
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Isadore Chiasson from PE had a licence to occupy land here in 1796. Cap Le-Moine or Cap Le Moyne is French for Cape Friar named for a nearby promontory resembling the head of a friar. |
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19. Grand Étang (Grand Étang, 13km)
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The descriptive name is French for 'big pond’! Simon Doucette from Prince Edward Island settled here around 1805. By the 1870s there was a lobster factory, two forges, a fishing station and carding and gristmills here. |
20. Margaree River Wilderness Area (Grand Étang, 13km)
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21. Point Cross (Grand Étang, 13km)
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Jersey merchants were established on nearby Cheticamp Island by 1770 when settlemeni began here. The community's name Point Cross or Pointe à la Croix, derived from a cross erected by the first settlers. |
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22. St. Joseph du Moine (Grand Étang, 13km)
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First named Friar's Head with the arrival of the first settlers around 1814, but the current name arose with the separation of this part of the Chéticamp parish in 1879 from the main body. |
23. Fortune Barren (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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24. Lake O'Law (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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The name is from a lake in Scotland. A nearby settlement was called Emerald. Early settlers in 1821 were Harry McDonald, James Fortune and Michael Murphy from Wexford, Ireland. |
25. Lake-O-Law Provincial Park (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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26. Little Barren (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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27. Margaree (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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The Aboriginal name was Oochaadooch, where the red ochre is.' On 17th-century maps the place is shown as Salmon River. |
28. Margaree Centre (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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29. North East Margaree / Murphy / North East Egypt / Rossville / South West Egypt (Margaree Centre, 13km)
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North East Margaree: James Ross was the first settler here, in 1793. His wife, the former Harriet Lejeune, was the first white woman in the district and became known as Granny Ross. |
30. Big Barren (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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31. Big Intervale (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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The district in which this place was located was referred to as the Scotch Intervale and the settlement was called Big Intervale Margaree. |
32. Egypt Road (Margaree Harbour) (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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33. Forest Glen (Cheticamp) (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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34. James Barren (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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35. Kingross / Ulva (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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Big Intervale on the Scotch Intervale was the name used to designate the area, but Kingross is the name used to refer to the settlement on the E side of the River. |
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36. Margaree Valley (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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Originally named Frizzleton for which no name origin is available. |
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37. Marsh Brook (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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Settled in the early 1800s and the first Baptist Church had been built by 1837. |
38. McMillan Brook (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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39. Portree (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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Named for Portree on the Isle of Skye, which in turn may be traced to the Gaelic Port Righe for 'royal harbour,' a reference to a 16th-century visit to the Scottish port by King James V. |
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40. Rivulet (Margaree Valley, 14km)
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Early settlers were descendants of Hezekiah Ingraham, a Loyalist from Saybrook, CT, who arrived in Margaree Harbour in 1790. |