Yarmouth (Yarmouth and Acadian Shores, B5A 1G2)
1. Cape Forchu Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Champlain named the point in 1604 because, he said, it was formed like a fork.
2. Overton Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the place Malegeak, 'fretful water. The present name reflects the fact that the village is across, or over, the harbour from Yarmouth town. The Rose family was settled here by 1797.
3. Pembroke (Yarmouth) / Pembroke Shore Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
First called Kesp-oogwit, 'land's end.' Levi Scovil settled here in 1793. The place was named for a town in Wales.
4. Yarmouth Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (902) 742-2521 FAX: (902) 742-6244 - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the area Kespoogwit, “land's end,' and the place Maligeak, 'crooked every which way, referring to the Yarmouth River.
  5. Greenville Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  6. Milton Highlands Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Sand Beach Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Sand Beach (Protected Beach) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  9. Yarmouth 33 Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Yarmouth Bar Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
11. Arcadia (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal name was Utkubok, 'spring water.' New England settlers in the 1760s called the place Upper Chebogue.
12. Central Chebogue (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
13. Chebogue Point (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
An attempt at settlement was made by the French here in 1739 when the place was named Tibogue, but it was unsuccessful.
14. Kelleys Cove (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name for the Chebogue area which includes Kelly Cove, was Utkubok, ‘a spring of water.'
15. Melbourne (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Aboriginals called the place Keskoospaak, ‘where they catch beavers.' Settled in the late 1700s. Named for William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Lord Melbourne.
  16. Melbourne Lake Game Sanctuary (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
17. Rockville (Arcadia, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the place Utkubok, ‘a spring of water. This was originally Lower Chebogue and then Rocky Nook until residents chose the more descriptive name of Rockville. James Robbins settled here in 1762.
18. Brooklyn (Yarmouth) (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Settled by Stephen Durkie around 1770 and first called Squirrel Town.
19. Chegoggin (North and South) (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In 1630 the Mi'kmaq knew the place as Noojeogun, but Chegoggir evolved from Che for great and goggin for 'encampment’.
  20. Dayton (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
21. Deerfield (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The name is descriptive of a deer habitat. Settlement began early in the 1800s and in the 1820s Braemar Lodge, a resort and sporting centre was opened by J. D. Burton.
  22. Ellenwood Lake Provincial Park (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  23. Forest Glen (Tusket) (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
24. Hebron (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name for the area was Malegeak, 'bent in different directions,' referring to the Yarmouth River.
25. Lakeside (Hebron) (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Natives called the place Kespoogwit, 'land's end.' The settlement was an offshoot of the Yarmouth settlement in the late 1700s.
26. Sandford (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Aboriginal people called the place Kespoogwit, 'land's end.' The English name likely derived from the fact there was a sandy ford across a nearby stream. Settlement began in the 1770s.
  27. South Chegoggin (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  28. South Ohio (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  29. Wellington (Yarmouth) (Hebron, 6km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
30. (Lower) Eel Brook (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
The Mi'kmaw name was Wipkomagakum, ‘place of poor and lean eels.'
  31. Abrams River (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
32. Amiraults Hill (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
This community in the Municipality of Argyle recalls the resilience of the Acadians, who returned in droves to Nova Scotia following their expulsion in 1755.
  33. Argyle (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. Argyle Head (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. Bell Neck (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
36. Belleville (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In the 1780s the area was part of the Upper Abuptic Settlement. In the 1880s it was part of the Eel Brook settlement.
  37. Belleville North (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  38. Belleville South (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
39. Canaan (Tusket) (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
In the early 1800s Greggs Farish received a grant at the ‘Valley of Canaan.'
  40. East Canaan (Tusket, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review