1879 Section 9 (Mount Thom) Map
1879 Historical Atlas Of Pictou County
Title: Illustrated Historical Atlas Of Pictou County Nova Scotia
Author: Meacham, J.H. & Co.
Publication Date: 1879
Scale: 50 chains per inch /1:39,600 (1 chain is 20.11 meters)
Pages: 40-41
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Overview
“On the 10th of June the Hope arrived at Pictou, having called at Halifax on her way. The people of Truro had heard of their coming, and five or six young men set out through the woods to meet them, and aid in commencing operations.
Among these were, it is said, Samuel Archibald, father of the late S. G. W. Archibald, John Otterson, Thos. Troop, and Ephraim Howard. The two latter we notice, from the circumstance that in passing the mountains on the western border of the county they named the one Mount Thom and the other Mount Ephraim, after themselves; names which they have retained up to this day.” (Meacham, J.H.)
The Mount Thom Map (Section 9) is one of several maps included in the 1879 Historical Atlas of Pictou County. The maps in the historical Pictou County atlas highlight the basic topographic features of the community along with with cadastral data of prominent land owners, locations of buildings and other details.
The Section 9 map (displayed further below on this page) from the Pictou Township also featured the communities of Brookland, Salt Springs, Six Mile Brook, Watervale, West River Station, and Mount Ephraim.
