Black Point Geography
- Official Name: Black Point
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.666429, -62.562504
Note: The name Black Point also refers to a terrain feature: Point. Land that extends into a body of water, typically smaller and less prominent extension of land compared to a cape . Sometimes used interchangeably with “headland,” but it generally implies a smaller and less significant coastal projection.
- Official Name: Black Point
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Point
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.671249, -62.549488
Black Point Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Maps: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 14
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045650062500 (Chance Harbour)
- Other Maps: Aerial Images and 3D Lidar generated maps
About Black Point
The rural coastal community of Black Point is located along along the Northumberland Strait on the west end of Little Harbour.
From early maps created, you can see that the point was originally known as Evans Point. It was changed Black Point in 1976.
James Reid settled at Black Point in 1780.
For more history see …
Along the shore of Little Harbour by Marie Cullen, Shirley Aikens, & Margaret Forbes, is a great resource for stories and history of Little Harbour and surroundings area (Anderson Mountain, Black Point, Boat Harbour, Chance Harbour, Kings Head, Little Harbour and Woodburn).
It provides details about many of the families that first settled the area, businesses, industry, hard ships, churches, schools, fire stations, and more. This book is now available to read online.
[Sources: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson / Along the shore of Little Harbour – Marie Cullen, Shirley Aikens, & Margaret Forbes]
1879 Black Point Map
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