Pine Tree Brook
Pine Tree Brook is a small tributary that starts in the Linacy area and flows east through the communities of Pine Tree and Woodburn, and then empties into Pine Tree Gut.
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Pine Tree Brook is a small tributary that starts in the Linacy area and flows east through the communities of Pine Tree and Woodburn, and then empties into Pine Tree Gut.
Pine Tree Gut is located between the communities of Pine Tree and Sutherlands River, on the south side of Quarry Island, where Pine Tree Brook empties into Merigomish Harbour.
The Northumberland Strait is a large narrow tidal body of water that separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was named after the HMS Northumberland, a flagship of Admiralty Lord Colville from the Royal British Navy, that surveyed the Nova Scotia coast in 1764.
Blanchard Brook is a small tributary that starts south of Blanchard Road area flows south towards Sunny Brae and empties into the East River.
Blanchard Road is located south of Blue Mountain. It is named after Colonel Blanchard of Truro cut the road through Blanchard area to gain access to some of his land.
Quarry Island, is a small island located in Merigomish harbour within the community of Woodburn.
Riverton Heights is a Neighbourhood within the community of Riverton located along the west side of the East River just south of the Town of Stellarton.
Fisher’s Grant 24 is a residential Indian Reserve administered by Pictou Landing First Nation. It is located between Boat Harbour, and the Northumberland Strait. The initial Reserve was created around 1866. In 1960 several smaller Reserves were amalgamated all into one, creating Fisher’s Grant 24.
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