Dufferin, Nova Scotia
Dufferin Geography
- Official Name: Dufferin
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Locality
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.700819, -62.874679
Dufferin Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 2
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045700062800 (Sundridge)
Dufferin is a locality located along Dufferin Road in the community of Sundridge, near the head of the Caribou River. It was named after the Earl of Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada, 1872 to 1878.
Donald McKay and Philip McCaffrey received land grants in 1860 and William Murray in 1867.
At one time, it was a busy area due to being located the rail line of the Canadian National Railways between Pictou and Oxford Junction (the rail has been removed, and now is part of the Trans Canada Trail).
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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