Port Hawkesbury (Cape Breton Island, B9A 2R7)
1. Lower River Inhabitants Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settled in 1814. The name is a direct translation of the French name, Rivière des Habitants, river of the inhabitants.
2. Point Tupper Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Recent research by a Guernsey historian has proven this place was not named for Sir Charles Tupper (1821-915), a premier of Nova Scotia and, briefly, prime minister of Canada.
3. Port Hawkesbury Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (214) 748-3647 - Leave a Public Review
First named Ship Harbour because it was developed as a shipbuilding and trading centre by Nicholas Paint, Jr. (1790–1832) from Guernsey.
4. Port Malcolm Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Caribou Cove because the animals were plentiful. The name was changed in 1886 by provincial statute to honour several Malcolm families living in the area since the 1820s.
5. Port Richmond Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
It was first called Little River but in 1864 renamed to honour the Duke of Richmond.
  6. Melville (Port Hawkesbury) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Middle Melford (Mulgrave, 3km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
8. Mulgrave (Mulgrave, 3km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (214) 748-3647 FAX: (214) 748-3647 - Leave a Public Review
This town is located on the west side of the Strait of Canso on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. The Indian name was Wolumkwagagunutk, 'lobster ground.'
9. Pirate Harbour / Apagwit (Susies) Island / Clinton (Mulgrave, 3km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Pirate Harbour: This is the name of a cove with some settlement located around it, on the west side of the strait of Canso, on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia.
10. Sand Point (Port Hawkesbury) (Mulgrave, 3km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
This rural area is located on Red Head on the north side of the mouth of Chedabucto Bay on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia.
11. Steep Creek (Mulgrave, 3km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
A small stream here drops down a steep incline to the strait. Edward McGuire settled here before 1817.
12. Aulds Cove / Cape Porcupine (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled around 1785 and named for pioneer settler Alexander Auld. On an 1812 map the place is shown as Porcupine Cove. Aulds Cove is on the borders of Antigonish and Guysborough Cs. although the cove is in Guysborough County.
  13. Aulds Cove Beach (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
14. Crandall Road (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John Reeves settled here in 1806.
15. Creignish (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The word is Gaelic for 'rocky place,' and was named for a location in Argyllshire, Scotland.
  16. Creignish Hills (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Creignish Rear (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Lexington (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Low Point (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
20. Mackdale (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name was given by Scottish settlers. Michael Dalton had land here in 1835.
  21. Newtown (Cape Breton) (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. Pleasant Hill (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
23. Port Hastings (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In Inverness County on the E side of the Strait of Canso about 1.5 km SE of the Cape Breton terminus of the Canso Causeway, which opened in 1955.
24. Queensville (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled around 1815 and named in 1862 for Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee.
  25. Rhodena (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
26. Sugar Camp (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John McDonald was among the first settlers in 1821. His hometown of Sugar Refinery, Greenock, Scotland, was likely the inspiration for the name of this community.
27. Troy (Port Hastings, 5km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Sarah McDonald was granted land here in 1811 place was named for the ancient city of Troy in Asia Minor.
28. Cleveland (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was settled in 1815 and first called River Inhabitants Bridge. By an Act of Parliament in 1891, the name was changed to honour US President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 24th president of the US.
  29. Grantville (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Hureauville (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. Kempt Road (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Sir James Kempt (1764-1854), Lt.-Gov. of the province from 182028. Edmund A. Crawley had the first land grant here in 1830.
32. MacIntyre Lake (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
James Duff was the first settler in 1858. Duncan McIntyre received a land grant here in 1887.
  33. River Inhabitants Nature Reserve (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. Riverside (Cape Breton) (Cleveland, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
35. Askilton (West Bay Road, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Donald McAskill, postmaster in 1865.
36. Glenora (West Bay Road, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
37. Kingsville (West Bay Road, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Alexander McEachern settled here in 1806 and received his land grant in 1827. Named for the King family, early settlers. By 1898 Kingsville had three stores, a gristmill, sawmill and church.
  38. McIntyres Mountain (West Bay Road, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. West Bay Road (Cape Breton) (West Bay Road, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settlement began in the early 1800s. In 1962 an effort was made to change the name to Bestwall or Princeville but the original name survived.
  40. Frankville (Frankville, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review