McGraths Mountain, Nova Scotia
McGraths Mountain Geography
- Official Name: McGraths Mountain
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Locality
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.539561, -62.358182
McGraths Mountain Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E08
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 20
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: Crown Land Grant Map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045450062300 (Moose River)
The rural area of McGraths Mountain near the headwaters of the East Branch of French River, located west of the community of Laggan. It was named after early settlers.
The area was granted to Angus McDonald in 1814. He was an. emigrant from Scotland in 1801, first settled on the 82nd grant to the North and was settled here by January, 1803.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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