1. Antrim
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Named after the town or County of that name in Ulster, Ireland, and was also known as New Antrim. Land grants began being developed here around 1821. |
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2. Elderbank
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First known as Little Musquodoboit and then Little River. In the early 1800s a group of farms was known as the Bruce Settlement because that family was so prominent. |
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3. Lake Egmont
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Likely named after the Rt. Hon. Earl of Egmont who had land grants at Jeddore in 1768 and Shubenacadie in 1770. The site was part of a grant made to William McKeen in 1814. |
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4. Lower Meaghers Grant / Gibraltar Rock (Lake, Hill)
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Gibraltar Rock: First called Weesik, 'the beaver's home,' and named by early settlers for a high, rocky cliff that reminded them of the famous rock in Spain on the Mediterranean. The first land grant here was in 1793. |
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5. Meaghers Grant
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Named for Martin Meagher, a Loyalist from NC. He received 5,000 acres here as compensation for the loss of a ship he had loaned the government. |
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6. Dollar Lake Provincial Park
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7. Lake Egmont Nature Reserve
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8. Wyses Corner
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9. Gaetz Brook (Musquodoboit, 14km)
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10. Martinique Beach Provincial Park (Musquodoboit, 14km)
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11. Musquodoboit (Musquodoboit, 14km)
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12. Brookvale (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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First called Mill Village or Reid School until renamed in 1871 by act of the Legislature. John Lindsay had a 300-acre grant here in 1812. |
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13. Chaswood (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Halifax native Charles Wood was the first Canadian soldier to be killed in action in the South African War [Boer War) (1899-1901). He was a grandson of Gen. Zachary Taylor who was briefly (1849-50) president of the United States. |
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14. Cooks Brook (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Named for its location on the brook and for William Cook, who with five others received a grant of 1,700 acres here in 1786. |
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15. Elmsvale (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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An earlier name was The Flat. John, Robert and Matthew Archibald petitioned for land here in 1784. |
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16. Glenmore (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Likely named after a place in Kilkenny, Ireland. James and Jeremiah Murphy and Samuel Nelson received land grants here in 1814. |
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17. Higginsville (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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John Higgins, Sr., of the 70th Regiment who had fought for the Crown in America from 1778–83, came here after the Revolutionary War. |
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18. Lindsay Lake (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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19. Long Lake (Musquodobit) (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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20. Markland (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Nova Scotia is said to have been visited or at least sighted by Erik, an Icelander, in 986. He named the place Markland, meaning 'forest-clad land.' This is likely the source of the name of present-day Markland. |
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21. Middle Musquodoboit (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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The name Musquodoboit is an Anglicized version of the First Nations peoples' word Mooskuduboogwek, 'suddenly widening out after a narrow entrance at its mouth.' |
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22. Moose River Gold Mines (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Some lumbermen discovered gold in 1866 but surveying and prospecting didn't take place for eight years, until Damas Lonquoy took up three grants of land around Long Lake in 1874. |
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23. Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park is located in one of Nova Scotia’s earliest gold mining regions, east of Tangier |
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24. Murchyville (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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The first settler, in 1809, was John Higgins. The community's first name was Mill Village. It was later named for the Murchy family. |
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25. Newcomb Corner(s) (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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Settled by John Higgins about 1780 and named for Judson Newcomb, who was postmaster in 1868. |
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26. Reid (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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27. South Section (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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28. Wittenburg (Middle Musquodoboit, 14km)
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First called St. Andrews, supposedly because an early explorer camped here on St. Andrews Day. About 1885 the name Wittenburg was suggested by Rev. E. T. Miller because the church resembled that on which Martin Luther had nailed his thesis. |
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29. Bayers Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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Named for George Bayer, son of baker George Bayer of Halifax who settled here around 1771. |
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30. East Petpeswick (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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31. Musquodoboit Harbour / Petpeswick Harbour (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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The name traces from Mooskudo-boogwek, 'suddenly widening out after a narrow entrance at its mouth,' and the current name is an anglicized version of the original name. |
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32. Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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33. Smith Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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Thomas Crow had a 500-acre grant here in 1814. He had come from Louisburg to be the first British settler at Musquodoboit Harbour about 1778. |
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34. West Petpeswick / Greenough Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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Greenough Settlement: In Halifax County on the W side of Petpeswick Inlet 32 km E of Dartmouth. Francis Elliot received a 1,000-acre grant here in 1767, but the place is named for the Greenough family of the mid-1850s. |
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35. White Lake Wilderness Area (Musquodoboit Harbour, 18km)
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36. Barneys Brook / Lantz (Lantz, 20km)
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37. Dutch Settlement (Lantz, 20km)
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William Keys settled near here on the Shubenacadie River about 1786 and the place was first known as Key's. The present name was given because of the number of German (Deutsch) people who subsequently settled. |
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38. East Milford (Lantz, 20km)
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39. Grono Road (Lantz, 20km)
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40. Lantz (Lantz, 20km)
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The first land grant was in 1785. In 1898 Harvey and Croft Lantz started a brick and tile plant and the community that grew up around it was named for them. |