Bobs Meadow, Pictou County
Bobs Meadow, Nova Scotia
Bobs Meadow Geography
- Official Name: Bobs Meadow
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Meadow
- Affiliated Community: East Branch
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.689205, -63.0147
Bobs Meadow Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E11
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 3
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045650063000 (East Branch)
About Bobs Meadow
Bobs Meadow is a large open, flat, gently sloping swampy area in the community of East Branch. It is a large, open, gently sloping meadow with swampy characteristics. Water from this area flows west into River John. Meadows like this were vital to rural communities, providing pastureland and hayfields that supported subsistence farming and livestock raising.
Map showing spatial extent
Bobs Meadow Orthophoto (1:10k)
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