Pine Tree, Nova Scotia
Pine Tree Geography
- Official Name: Pine Tree
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.600333, -62.544422
Pine Tree Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 14
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045550062500 (Thorburn)
- Other Maps:
Pine Tree is located on Pine Tree Brook near the head of Merigomish Harbour. The place received its name before 1809 because of a prominent pine tree which was used as a landmark.
Daniel Fraser received a grant here in 1809. He was a Halifax merchant and had made some improvements on the land before the grant was made. He had purchased it from William Fraser who held it under a license of occupation· from Governor Wentworth.
The adjacent lot to the north was obtained prior to 1806 by George Roy, a native of Scotland and resident of Nova Scotia since 1783. William McKay, William Fraser alias Miller, and James Fraser had settled near Pine Tree Gut by William Fraser sometime between 1798 and 1808 when he received a license of occupation for the land.
In Pine Tree, the railway stopped at Glen Falloch Station.
In 1838, William Fraser purchased a lot of land and began construction of a saw and grist mill in 1839. The mill was carried away by a freshet in August, 1840, and in February, 1841, he asked the Provincial Legislature for help to rebuild.
About 1820 a school was established under Patrick Finney.
Population in 1956 was 125.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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