Porters Lake (Eastern Shore, B3E 1A0)
1. Conrod Settlement Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for George Conrod who had a grant here around 1818.
2. Grand Desert Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The name is descriptive of large amounts of sand washed up here. John and Joseph Lapierre settled here in 1788.
3. Head of Chezzetcook (Harbour, Inlet, Lake, River) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The four communities that share this name are located around Chezzetcook Inlet, 21 km E of Dartmouth. One explanation of the name is that it may be derived from the Mi'kmaq Chesetcook, ‘flowing rapidly in many channels.'
4. Lake Echo / Minesville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The lake was named for its acoustic qualities. The area was settled in the early 1800s. Alexander Taylor had a 300-acre land grant on the NE side of the lake in 1818.
5. Lawrencetown (Halifax) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Charles Lawrence (1709-60), Governor from 1754-60, who set up the township and granted it to 20 proprietors in 1754.
6. Porters Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the place Amagunchech, 'little breezy place.' Porters Lake was named for William Porter who, with five others, received a 1,650-acre grant here in 1784.
7. Seaforth Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
This community was originally a part of Three Fathom Harbour, but later a beach formed two distinct harbours. Settlement began around 1779. In 1870, a Rev. Gordon named the village because it reminded him of Seaforth in England.
8. Three Fathom Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Natives called the harbour Amagunchech, 'a breezy place. The community was settled around 1792 and so named because the harbour had a maximum depth of three fathoms, or eighteen feet, (5.6 metres).
9. West Chezzetcook Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
A Roman Catholic church was established in the community in 1814. The present structure was completed in 1894.
  10. Chezzetcook Air Weapons Range Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Cole Harbour Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Conrod Island Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Conrods and Lawrencetown Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  14. Desert Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  15. East Chezzetcook Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. East Lawrencetown Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. East Preston Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Lloy Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Lower East Chezzetcook Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  20. Lower East Chezzetcook Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Lower Three Fathom Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. Middle Porters Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Mineville Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  24. Petain Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  25. Porter Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  26. Porter's Lake Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  27. Terminal Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  28. West Porters Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Bayers Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for George Bayer, son of baker George Bayer of Halifax who settled here around 1771.
  30. East Petpeswick (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. Musquodoboit Harbour / Petpeswick Harbour (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
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.
  32. Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
33. Smith Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
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.
34. West Petpeswick / Greenough Settlement (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
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.
  35. White Lake Wilderness Area (Musquodoboit Harbour, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Cow Bay (Eastern Passage, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for 1763 land grantee Robert Cowie, but more commonly referred to as Silver Sands, a summer resort for people from nearby Dartmouth.
37. Devils Island (Eastern Passage, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The island was granted to Capt. John Rous in 1752 and was first called Rous’ Island. Later it was called Wood Island until a fire destroyed all the trees.
38. Eastern Passage (Eastern Passage, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Europeans began arriving here in the 1700s. The Eastern Passage area was initially granted to ranger Joseph Gorham, but he did not settle here and the land was regranted to Joseph Horne, who soon was followed by German, French, Irish and English settlers
  39. MacCormacks Beach (Eastern Passage, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
40. McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park (Eastern Passage, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The island in the mouth of Halifax Harbour was allotted to Capt. Thomas Bloss in 1750 and called Bloss's Island.