Cross Brook, Nova Scotia
Cross Brook Geography
- Official Community Name: Cross Brook
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Hydrographic Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Brook
- Affiliated Community: Sunny Brae
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.282539, -62.385412
Cross Brook Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E08
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 22
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: Crown Land Grant Map 094
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045300062400 (Beaver Brook)
About Cross Brook
Cross Brook is a fresh water stream that originates in an area south of Sunny Brae (north east of Beaver Lake) and flows south into West River St. Mary’s near Caledonia (Guysborough County).
Brooks like this one typically serve as tributaries feeding into larger rivers or coastal systems, and they often define local settlement patterns, agricultural boundaries, and forested corridors. It represents the type of small-scale geographic feature that contributes to the county’s rich tapestry of place names, linking natural geography with settlement history.
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