Gordon Summit, Nova Scotia
Gordon Summit Geography
- Official Name: Gordon Summit
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Locality
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.436641, -62.855916
Gordon Summit Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E07
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 11
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: Crown Land Grant Map 088
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045400062800 (Lansdowne Station)
Gordon Summit is a locality located along Lansdowne Road in-between the communities of Lansdowne Station and West River Station. The area was named after R. Gordon who lived in what was then the community of Lairg in the 1870s, and “Summit” refers to the 500 foot elevation of the area.
This was a station on the Canadian National Railway line, built about 1866, runs through three lots granted to Alexander Gunn and Alexander Sutherland in 1816.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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