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Shelburne (South Shore, B0T 1W0)

	1. (Middle) Ohio Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called this place Seboo, 'the river.'
	2. Birchtown Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review During the latter stages of the American Revolution in 1783, the place was settled by black Loyalists.
	3. Carleton Village Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review In 1783 a military post was established here and the place was called Fort Point. It was later named Carleton in honour of Sir Guy Carleton.
	4. Churchover Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review Settled in 1784 by John Robertson, who came from the Scottish Highlands, and first called Robertson's Mills. Later the community was renamed because it was the site of a church built before 1846.
	5. Gunning Cove / Roseway Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The name dates back at least to 1781 and derives from the duck or deer-hunting expeditions of early settlers. Loyalist Isaac Wilkins received two lots here in 1784 and 1785.
	6. Jordan Bay Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal name was Esiktaweak, 'oozing from dead water.' On the Lopo Homen map of 1554 the river emptying into this bay was shown as Ribera des Jardines, 'river of gardens.'
	7. Sandy Point Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the place Amaltunic, sandy point.' Loyalists came to this area in 1783. In 1827 Daniel Dull taught school here.
	8. Shelburne Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 875-2991 FAX: (902) 875-3932 - Leave a Public Review The Aboriginal people called the place Logumkeegun or Sogumkeagum, 'canal cut through a sand bank.'
	9. Shelburne (Municipal District) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 875-3544 - Leave a Public Review
	10. Welshtown Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review In 1818, 112 Welsh settlers from Carmarthen and Cardiganshire arrived in Halifax. Sir James Kempt wanted them to settle in Shelburne but they preferred to settle further up the Roseway River.
	11. Ghost Antler Nature Reserve Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	12. Hartz Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	13. Indian Fields Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	14. Jacksons Mountain Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	15. Jordan Branch Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	16. Jordan Lake Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	17. Lake George (Shelburne) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	18. Lower Ohio Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	19. Lower Sandy Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	20. McNutts Island Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	21. Middle Clyde River Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	22. Quinns Meadow Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	23. Reids Hill Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	24. Roseway River Wilderness Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	25. Shelburne River Wilderness Area Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	26. The Islands Provincial Park Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	27. Upper Clyde River Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	28. Upper Ohio Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	29. East Jordan (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	30. Jordan Falls (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review Wood milling, micro-farming, merchants, sports and artists continue long tradition- the noted nineteenth-century shipbuilder and designer Donald McKay came from Jordan Falls.
	31. Jordan Ferry (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	32. Lower Jordan Bay (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	33. Northwest Brook Nature Reserve (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	34. West Green Harbour / Green Harbour (Jordan Falls, 9km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The Mi'kmaw name was Chebooktoosk, 'small big harbour.' Families named Huskins and Harnett settled about 1765.
	35. Beaverdam Lake (Clyde River, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	36. Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area (Clyde River, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	37. Clyde River (Clyde River, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review The river rises in Shelburne County and flows into the Atlantic at Negro Harbour. The river was first called Cape Negro River but by 1785 the name Clyde came to be used for both the river and the community.
	38. Lower Clyde River (Clyde River, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	39. Quinns Meadow Nature Reserve (Clyde River, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
	40. Allendale (Lockeport, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review In Shelburne County at the head of Ragged Islands Harbour on Hwy. 3, 29 km E of Shelburne.