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1. Lynn
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Named for a city in MA which in turn was named for the English seaport town of Lynn Regis. Settlement began after the American Revolution in 1783. |
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2. Mapleton
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The Cobequid Mountains in this area are heavily wooded with sugar maple trees and there are many maple sugar camps scattered through the region. |
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3. New Canaan
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Jesse Lewis had a land grant here in 1809. Named for the Biblical land of promise. |
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4. Pettigrew Settlement
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Named for an early settler, although John Allan had the first land grant here in 1783. |
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5. South Brook
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Settled in 1828 by Alexander Hannah and Joseph Brown and named for its location. |
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6. Southampton
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This place was once called Maccan but by provincial statute in 1872 the name was changed to Southampton for the English city. The place was settled around 1785. |
7. East Mapleton
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8. East Southampton
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9. Franklin Manor 22
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10. Gilbert Mountain
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11. Kelley River Wilderness Area
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12. South Athol
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13. West Brook
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14. Athol (Maccan, 15km)
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First known as Little Forks. In 1871 Parliament approved the name change to Athol, likely suggested by descendants of Loyalists after John Murray, 4th Duke of Athol. |
15. Athol Station (Maccan, 15km)
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16. Chignecto (Maccan, 15km)
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The place takes its name from the bay which is located about 15 km W of the town and is the NE arm of the Bay of Fundy. The Mi'kmaq called the place Signiukt and it first appears in English records in 1691 as Siganectoe. |
17. Harrison Woods Nature Reserve (Maccan, 15km)
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18. Lower Maccan (Maccan, 15km)
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John Harrison was the first settler in 1780. |
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19. Maccan (Maccan, 15km)
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The name derives from the First Nations peoples' name Maagan or Maakan, 'fishing place. There was an Acadian settlement here in the mid-1700s. |
20. Maccan Woods (Maccan, 15km)
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21. Nappan (Maccan, 15km)
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The Aboriginal peoples called the place Nepan, “a good place to get camp or wigwam poles'. The first white settler was George Noiles from Germany, who settled in 1735. |
22. Lower River Hebert (River Hebert East, 15km)
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23. River Hebert East (River Hebert East, 15km)
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24. Barronsfield (River Hebert, 15km)
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Named for Capt. Edward Barron, an early grantee. |
25. Fossil Coast Nature Reserve (River Hebert, 15km)
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26. Mill Creek (Amherst) (River Hebert, 15km)
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27. Minudie (River Hebert, 15km)
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The French called the area le champs élysées and the area is still known locally as the 'Elysian Fields. The name derives from the Mi'kmaw name Munoodek, ‘a small bay.' |
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28. River Hebert (River Hebert, 15km)
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The place takes its name from the river, which was named for Louis Hébert, an apothecary who was part of the Du Gua de Monts expedition to Acadia in 1604. |
29. Strathcona (River Hebert, 15km)
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30. Athol Road (Springhill, 16km)
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31. Black River Road (Springhill, 16km)
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32. Claremont (Springhill, 16km)
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believed to have been named after a place of the same name in Surrey, England. Nathan Bennett, John Rhodes and John McCollan all settled here in 1828. |
33. Glenville (Springhill) (Springhill, 16km)
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34. Junction Road (Springhill, 16km)
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35. Leamington (Springhill, 16km)
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Settled in 1825 and first called Maccan Mountain. At a meeting of residents in 1886 the name was changed to Leamington for a town of that name in Warwickshire, England. |
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36. Little Forks (Springhill, 16km)
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Daniel Mills and James Fillett had land grants here by 1788. |
37. Millers Corner (Springhill) (Springhill, 16km)
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38. Rodney (Springhill, 16km)
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This Rodney and Rodney, ON, were named to honour Admiral Sir George Brydes Rodney, 1s Baron Rodney (1719-92) of the British Navy, who had distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War. Sir George was governor of Newfoundland from 1748–52. |
39. Salt Springs (Springhill) (Springhill, 16km)
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40. Salt Springs Station (Springhill, 16km)
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