Melville, Nova Scotia
Geography
- Official Name: Melville
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.788911, -63.027747
Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E14
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 3
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 085
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045750063000 (River John)
- Other Maps:
Melville is a small rural coastal community located on the north of River John on the Northumberland Strait along Nova Scotia Trunk 4.
It was named after the Melville family who resided here in the early 19th century. The site was part of a large grant made to the trustees of Philip Marchington in 1811.
Population in 1956 was 79.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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