Frasers Mountain, Nova Scotia
Frasers Mountain Geography
- Official Community Name: Frasers Mountain
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Postal Code: B2H 5C4
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.601763, -62.588601
Note: The name Frasers Mountain also refers to a terrain feature: Mountain, a landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, generally exhibiting steep slopes, a relatively confined summit area, and considerable local relief.
- Official Name: Frasers Mountain
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Mountain
- Elevation: 146 metres (476 feet)
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.60044, -62.601332
Frasers Mountain Maps
- NTS Map Number: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 13
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045600062500 (Little Harbour) / 1045550062500 (Thorburn)
- Other Maps:
About Frasers Mountain
Frasers Mountain is a rural community located north east of New Glasgow. Settlers Archibald McKay and Donald Cameron settled here about 1801. A lot was granted to Isaac Wharing in 1789.
Population in 1956 was 175.
The Frasers Mountain name also refers to the modest upland terrain feature that rises up to about 146 m. Officially recognized as a mountain in 1976, it appears in historic maps and atlases, anchoring both cultural memory and geographic landscape.
Roads located within the community of Frasers Mountain include:
- Birch Street
- Frasers Mountain Branch Road
- Frasers Mountain Road
- Glenfalloch Road
- Inglewood Road
- John Campbell Road
- Little Harbour Road
- Logan Road
- Meadow Green Road
- Mitton Road
- Narrows Road
- Old Glenfalloch Road
- Snells Lane
- Tate Road
Other official place names located within the community of Frasers Mountain include:
- Academy
- Frasers Mountain
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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