Greenhill, Nova Scotia
Green Hill Geography
- Official Name: Greenhill
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.564146, -62.804804
Green Hill Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 8
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 087
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map: 1045550062700 (Westville)
- Other Maps:
Greenhill is a rural community located between Alma and Central West River. The name is descriptive. The Mi’kmaq name for the area is “Espakumegek”, meaning high ground.
William Munsie (Mouncy) one of a group of Lowland Scottish Immigrants was one of the first settlers here about 1790. Angus McKenzie
was another early settler around the same time.
A school was established in 1814, and a postal way office was established in 1859.
Greenhill Lookoff Museum, operated by Cliff Ross since about 1930, was purchased by the Provincial Government in 1959. It was later closed and the area was converted into a Provincial picnic park with magnificent panoramic views of the Pictou County landscape.
Population in 1956 was 147.
For more local history see …
Early History of Alma and Green Hill by Myra Crockett, is a great resource for stories and history of the communities of Alma and Green Hill.
It provides details about many of the families that first settled the area, businesses, industry, hard ships, churches, schools, fire stations, and more. This book is now available to read online.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson / NovaScotia.com]
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