Mount Ephraim, Pictou County
Mount Ephraim, Nova Scotia
Mount Ephraim Geography
- Official Name: Mount Ephraim
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Mount
- Affiliated Community: Mount Thom
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.54376, -62.97628
Mount Ephraim Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map:Section 9
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 087
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map: 1045500062900 (Lower Mount Thom), 1045500063000 (Mount Thom)
- Other:
About Mount Ephraim
Mount Ephraim is an elevated terrain feature located between Mount Thom and Dalhousie Mountain in western Pictou County. Its within one of the county’s most rugged upland regions, where steep slopes, forested ridges, and high plateaus define the landscape.
It was named after Ephriam Howard, who with Thomas Troop of Truro walked through the woods to help the Philadelphia settlers (from the on the brig, Hope) get established in 1767 at West River.
Mount Ephraim Maps
1879 Mount Ephraim Map
2025 Mount Thom Map
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