Tiverton (Bay of Fundy and Annapolis Valley, B0V 1G0)
1. Central Grove Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Mi'kmaq called the place Mesadek, 'extending far out,' a name inclusive of the island. The present name is descriptive of a village in a grove of trees near the centre of the island. Hotel owner Nicholas Tibert was a pioneer here in the late 1700s.
2. Central Grove Provincial Park / Long Island Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Central Grove Provincial Park: Located about half-way down Long Island in Digby County, this is a popular rest spot for those travelling to Brier Island.
3. East Ferry Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Loyalists settled after 1785. The name derives from this being the E terminus of the ferry across Petite Passage to Long Island.
4. Tiverton Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Robert Outhouse and John McKay founded the community in 1785. It was called Petite Passage until 1867 when it was renamed to honour Thomas Mildon (1812-1906), a well known teacher in the county whose birthplace was Tiverton in England.
  5. Israels Cove Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  6. Little River (Digby) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Lake Midway (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Lake Midway Provincial Park (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
9. Mink Cove (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Mint Cove was also used and in 1907 the name Highland was officially given, but Mink Cove, named for the animal common to the area, prevailed.
10. Sandy Cove (Digby) (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Natives called the place Noogoomkegawaachk, 'small sandy cove. Prior to the 1850s, the place was called Prince William. Settlers came in 1778.
11. Tiddville (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Loyalist Samuel Tidd who settled in late 1700.
  12. Tiddville Nature Reserve (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Whale Cove (Little River, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
14. Church Point (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Founded in 1771 and named Pointe de l'Église for St. Marys Church, the largest wooden church in North America. Church Point is home of the Université Sainte-Anne, the patron saint of Acadians.
  15. Church Point Beach (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Church Point Station (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
17. Grosses Coques (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled by Acadians who returned here after their expulsion in 1755. The area was well known for large clams, or quahogs, found on the tidal flats. Grosses is French for ‘large’ and Coque is French for ‘shell.'
18. Little Brook (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is descriptive because a small stream flows through the settlement. Acadians settled here in 1770.
  19. Margo (Church Point, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
20. Comeauville (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first called Clare but later renamed for early settlers, the Comeau family.
21. Concession (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In 1799 a concession of land was made in the middle of what was then Clare, to Major François Comeau and associates. The community was first referred to as Les Concessions, which over time became shortened to Concession.
  22. Little Brook Station (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Lower Concession (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  24. Lower Saulnierville (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
25. Saulnierville (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Among the first settlers were six Acadian families named Saulnier. Their surname may be traced to 15th- and 16th-century workers on the salterns, or salt works of Saintonge in SW France.
  26. Saulnierville Station (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. St. Joseph (Digby) (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In Digby County 5 km W of the Spectacle Lakes between Concession and Corberrie. Named for the Roman Catholic parish here.
28. Woodvale (Saulnierville, 16km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Brookville for a brook that runs through the community.
  29. Freeport (Freeport, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  30. Gilberts Landing (Freeport, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
31. Danvers (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In 1828-29 lumbermen settled just N of here around Sissiboo River Falls. Some of their descendants moved to this area. Danvers is believed to have been named after one of them.
32. Easton (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called New Jerusalem and then Enoch Mullen Settlement for Enoch McMullen, who settled here in 1856.
33. Hassett (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for William Hassett, foreman of a gang of Irish lumbermen who settled by the first falls of the Sissiboo River around 1828.
34. Havelock (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name was given by Irish settler Patrick Nowlan in 1824 for Sir Henry Havelock, who distinguished himself in the Indian Mutiny at Lucknow in 1857.
35. Hilltown (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Hill Settlement for John Adam Hill, who settled here about 1829. Nova Scotia's largest mink ranch was located here in 1965.
36. New Edinburgh (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Basil Amirault, Sr. and Joseph Doucet settled here about 1764. Three Scottish Loyalists arrived in 1783 and named the place after the capital city of Scotland.
37. New France (Digby) (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
his place flourished for only two decades after It was established in 1895.
38. New Tusket (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Tusker is an English derivative from Neketaouksit, 'great forked tidal river.' This refers to the nearby Tusket River which has a tributary nearby. Daniel McAlpine took possession of his grant here in 1822.
39. Ohio (Digby) (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal name Maligeak, 'bent in different directions likely applied to this location on the river.
40. Riverdale (Weymouth, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is derived from the settlement's location, approximately 3 km S of the Sissiboo River, making it a 'dale' near a river. A family called Wagoner operated a sawmill here in the early 1800s. Until 1871 it was called Wagner Settlement.