Frasers Mountain, Nova Scotia
Frasers Mountain Geography
- Official Community Name: Frasers Mountain
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- 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
- 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:
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.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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