Coalburn, Nova Scotia
Coalburn Geography
- Official Name: Coalburn
- Gaelic Name:Allt A’ Ghuail
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.56668, -62.59202
Coalburn Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 15
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045550062500 (Thorburn)
- Other Maps:
Coalburn is a rural community located along NS Route 347 (Sherbrooke Road) between Priestville and Greenwood.
“Burn” is a Scottish word for a brook or small river, and the first part of the name “Coal” was ae primary product of the area for nearly a century.
Sophia Fraser emigrated from Scotland in 1802 with three children and two grandchildren and settled on McLellans Brook in 1803. She and her son, James, built a house and barn.
John McKay came from Scotland in 1805 and settled here soon afterwards. Duncan McDonald who emigrated in 1804 was settled on his lot by 1827 and received a grant of land in 1828.
James Fraser received a grant to the north in 1809. In 1873 a six-mile railway was built between the Vale Coal Iron and Manufacturing Company mines at Thorburn and New Glasgow. Coalburn station was established on this line.
Population in 1956 was 160.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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