West Bay Road (Cape Breton Island, B0E 3L0)
1. Askilton Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Named for Donald McAskill, postmaster in 1865.
2. Glenora Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
3. Kingsville Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Alexander McEachern settled here in 1806 and received his land grant in 1827. Named for the King family, early settlers. By 1898 Kingsville had three stores, a gristmill, sawmill and church.
4. West Bay Road (Cape Breton) Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Settlement began in the early 1800s. In 1962 an effort was made to change the name to Bestwall or Princeville but the original name survived.
  5. McIntyres Mountain Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
6. Cleveland (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was settled in 1815 and first called River Inhabitants Bridge. By an Act of Parliament in 1891, the name was changed to honour US President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 24th president of the US.
  7. Grantville (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Hureauville (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
9. Kempt Road (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for Sir James Kempt (1764-1854), Lt.-Gov. of the province from 182028. Edmund A. Crawley had the first land grant here in 1830.
10. MacIntyre Lake (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
James Duff was the first settler in 1858. Duncan McIntyre received a land grant here in 1887.
  11. River Inhabitants Nature Reserve (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Riverside (Cape Breton) (Cleveland, 7km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
13. Cleveland / Campbell (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Cleveland: The place was settled in 1815 and first called River Inhabitants Bridge. By an Act of Parliament in 1891, the name was changed to honour US President Grover
14. Dundee (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Black River and later named for the Scottish city Dundee, 'the Hill on the Tay.' Dun is a Celtic root word for Hill and the name as a whole comes from the Latin Taodunum.
15. Lime Hill (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in 1828 and first called Dallas Brook after early settler and first schoolteacher Robert Dallas. The name is descriptive because lime and dolomite were mined here until 1921.
  16. MacLeod Brook Nature Reserve (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
17. Malagawatch (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Malagawatcht was a Mi'kmaw name meaning triangular point of land. The area was settled by Scots in the 1820s.
  18. Malcolm Cove Beach (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
19. Marble Mountain (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
A seam of marble was discovered here in 1868 by geologist Nicholas Brown from PEI. By the late 1800s, the quarry employed 750 people, but it ceased operations in 1921. The place was first called North Mountain and settlement began after 1835.
20. Marshes (West Bay) (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named for a nearby marsh, since submerged. Alexander Ross was one of the first settlers in 1817.
  21. Princeville (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
22. Rear Black River (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
John McDonald settled in 1834. In 1907 the name was changed to Brookdale by provincial statute.
23. St. Georges Channel (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is likely derived from St. George's Channel between England and Ireland. The channel was first called Soldier's Gulf. Alex Cameron settled here in 1813.
24. West Bay (Cape Breton) (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The bay was first called St. George's Channel and the place was called St. Georges Channel Shores. The first settlers arrived in 1813. By 1875 there were several stores, two tanneries, two forges and two carriage shops.
25. West Bay Centre (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Mary McLachlan was the first land grantee here, in 1842.
26. West Bay Road / Morrison Siding (West Bay, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
27. Lower River Inhabitants (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled in 1814. The name is a direct translation of the French name, Rivière des Habitants, river of the inhabitants.
  28. Melville (Port Hawkesbury) (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
29. Point Tupper (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Recent research by a Guernsey historian has proven this place was not named for Sir Charles Tupper (1821-915), a premier of Nova Scotia and, briefly, prime minister of Canada.
30. Port Hawkesbury (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 625-7890 - Leave a Public Review
First named Ship Harbour because it was developed as a shipbuilding and trading centre by Nicholas Paint, Jr. (1790–1832) from Guernsey.
31. Port Malcolm (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Caribou Cove because the animals were plentiful. The name was changed in 1886 by provincial statute to honour several Malcolm families living in the area since the 1820s.
32. Port Richmond (Port Hawkesbury, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
It was first called Little River but in 1864 renamed to honour the Duke of Richmond.
  33. Big Brook (Port Hawksbury) (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
34. Big Harbour Centre (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
First called Malagawatch Harbour. Nicholas Denys (1598-1688) traded with the Mi'kmaq here from his base at St. Peters. When Scottish settlers came in the early 1800s they found traces of earlier settlement.
35. Big Harbour Island (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The place was first called Malagawach Harbour. When Scottish settlers came here in the early 1800s, evidence of earlier settlement was found. At one time the place was a First Nations reservation. The reservation, school and post office are now closed.
  36. Eden (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
37. Glendale (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Father John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre is a Gaelic resource centre which in summer has weaving demonstrations and workshops.
  38. Little Beaver Lakes Nature Reserve (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  39. Maple Brook (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
40. Melford (River Denys, 14km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
This rural area is located at the south end of the Strait of Canso on the west side on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia.