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1. Admiral Rock
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The settlement dates from 1806 and was once noted for shipbuilding and the export of gypsum. |
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2. East Stewiacke
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First called Lower Stewiacke and Lower East Stewiacke. Anthony Marshall was one of the first settlers, in 1767. |
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3. Fort Ellis
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A fort was built here in 1761 and named for Hon. Henry Ellis, Capt.-Gen. and Governor-in-Chief of the province. The fort was abandoned and in ruins by 1767. |
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4. Lanesville
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The earliest land grant here was made to Benjamin Sibley in 1854. The community was named for an early settler called Lane. |
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5. South Branch
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The river was once called South Branch of the Stewiacke River and it was from this the community took its first name, South Bar of Sydney River. |
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6. Stewiacke
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The town took its name from the river, first named Esiktaweak, 'whimpering or whining as it goes along,' and the name for both gradually became corrupted to its present form. |
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7. West St. Andrews
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First called Milltown. St. Andrews was the old name for Wittenburg and Milltown and eventually became known as West St. Andrews, retaining that name when St. Andrews became Wittenburg. |
| 8. MacKay Siding
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| 9. Ramseys
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| 10. Riverside (Stewiacke)
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| 11. Roseland
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12. Coldstream (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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The Campbell family were the first settlers in the late 1700s. Rev. Robert Blackwood, the Presbyterian minister at nearby Gays River, named the place after Coldstream in Berwick-shire, Scotland. |
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13. Gays River (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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The Mi'kmaq called the place Wisunawon, for 'beaver.' Believed named for a traveller named Gay who camped on the riverbank on his way from Halifax to Pictou. Settlement began in 1780. |
| 14. Indian Brook 14 (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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15. MacPhees Corner / Micmac (Shubenacadie) (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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Donald, Evan and James McPhee received a 700-acre grant here in 1822. |
| 16. Micmac (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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17. Mill Village (Shubenacadie) (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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So named for a mill built on Ryans Creek in the 1800s. William Wallace had settled by 1815. |
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18. North Salem (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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Grants were made to John Dewel, William Delaney and Thomas Knowles in 1815. |
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19. Shubenacadie / Miller (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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The Aboriginal people called the place Segubunakade, where the ground nuts (potatoes) grow.' One of the earliest land grants here was to James and Gustavus Ducarete in 1763. Shubenacadie Wildlife Park here has been open to the public since 1954. |
| 20. Shubenacadie East (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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| 21. Shubenacadie Wildlife Management Area (Shubenacadie, 8km)
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22. Alton (Brookfield, 14km)
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First known as Polley's Bog after the land was given in an 1821 grant to William Polley. |
| 23. Birch Hill, Middle Stewiacke (Brookfield, 14km)
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24. Brentwood (Brookfield, 14km)
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The place was called Alma in the late 1700s and then Graham's Siding from 1858 to 1903 when the Legislature gave the place its present name for a number of Brenton families living in the area. |
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25. Brookfield (Brookfield, 14km)
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The first settler was William Hamilton (1758-1838) from Vicar's Cairn, Armagh, in Ulster, Ireland, in 1784. |
| 26. Camden (Brookfield, 14km)
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27. Cloverdale (Brookfield, 14km)
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John Richardson from England settled in 1815. Named for natural features of the valley. |
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28. Forest Glen (Stewiacke) (Brookfield, 14km)
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William Downing settled here in 1812. Nearby Downings Brook is named for him. |
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29. Green Creek (Brookfield, 14km)
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The area was settled about 1780 and named for the Green family, early settlers. |
| 30. Lower Pleasant Valley (Brookfield, 14km)
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| 31. Pleasant Valley (Shubenacadie) (Brookfield, 14km)
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| 32. Princeport Road (Brookfield, 14km)
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| 33. Shortts Lake (Brookfield, 14km)
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| 34. Upper Brookfield (Brookfield, 14km)
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35. Barneys Brook / Lantz (Lantz, 20km)
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36. 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. |
| 37. East Milford (Lantz, 20km)
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| 38. Grono Road (Lantz, 20km)
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39. 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. |
| 40. Gaetz Brook (Musquodoboit, 19km)
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