Kings Head Geography
- Official Name: Kings Head
- Mi’kmaq Name: Panoqopskalajue’katik – meaning at the opening by a little rocky hill
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.644706, -62.499821
Note: The name Kings Head also refers to a terrain feature: Head. A coastal landform, point of land usually high and steep, that extends into a body of water.]
- Official Name: Kings Head
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Head
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.650581, -62.477787
Kings Head Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Maps: 011E09 / 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 14
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045600062500 (Little Harbour) / 1045650062500 (Chance Harbour) / 1045600062400 (Merigomish) / 1045650062400 (Big Island)
- Other Maps: Aerial Images and 3D Lidar generated maps
About Kings Head
The rural coastal community of Kings Head is located between Little Harbour and Melmerby Beach along the Northumberland Strait. The nearby headland was named Kings Head as early as 1781 and from this geographic feature, the community got its name. In the past the name was often spelled King’s Head.
The Mi’kmaq Name for the area was Panoqopskalajue’katik, meaning at the opening by a little rocky hill.
Along the shore of Little Harbour contains an interesting story about a Lady from Scotland who fell in love with a commoner. This was considered to be against principles of noble heritage, so the couple (The Stuarts) were sent away in disgrace to live in exile, the place they ended up living is was what we now know as Kings Head.
In 1882, a lighthouse was built at Kings Head to help indicate the entrance to Merigomish Harbour.
A resort hotel was built in the late 1800’s al Kings Head.
Population in 1956 was 52.
For more history see …
Along the shore of Little Harbour by Marie Cullen, Shirley Aikens, & Margaret Forbes, is a great resource for stories and history of Little Harbour and surroundings area (Anderson Mountain, Black Point, Boat Harbour, Chance Harbour, Kings Head, Little Harbour and Woodburn).
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.
[Sources: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson / Along the shore of Little Harbour – Marie Cullen, Shirley Aikens, & Margaret Forbes]
1879 Kings Head Map
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