Poplar Hill, Pictou County
Poplar Hill, Nova Scotia
Poplar Hill Geography
- Official Name: Poplar Hill
- Gaelic Name: Cnoc A’ Chrithinn
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Postal Code: B0K 1N0 / B0K 1R0
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.716711, -62.909178
Poplar Hill Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 2 / Section 3
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 085 / NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045700062900 (Poplar Hill), 1045700062800 (Sundridge), 1045650062900 (Plainfield)
- Other Maps:
About Poplar Hill
Poplar Hill is a rural area located south of Toney River. The area is also located near the head of the Caribou River and some settlers refereed to the area as “Cariboo River Settlement.”. The area is often noted for spectacular autumn foliage , with poplars and maples turning the hillsides into a patchwork of colour.
The name of the area was descriptive of its natural surroundings. In Gaelic, it is known as Cnoc A’ Chrithinn, meaning “Hill of the Aspen/Poplar,” which reflects the Scottish heritage of many early residents. Its geomorphology reflects the glacial history of northern Nova Scotia: drumlinized terrain, scattered wetlands, and fertile soils that supported early settlement and farming.
Daniel Munro of Inverness-shire. John Brown of Edinburgh and James Blake from Aberdeenshire, emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1817 and settled here during the year. Robert Patterson received a grant here in 1817 in lieu of lands lost to George McConnell because of the escheat of the Philadelphia grant.
By 1822 Ezra Reid, Andre Olsen, Daniel Miner, James Reid, and Thomas Robertson were settled here. Ezra Reid died before 1824 and his wife Sarah obtained a grant of the land in 1824. In the same year grants were made to Jonathan Hartley, a native of Cumberland, England, who emigrated in June, 1822, and to William Hendry who came from Ayrshire, New Brunswick, in 1820. The other part of Henry’s lot was granted to Mr. Irvine in 1822.
A postal way office was established at Popular Hill in 1873, and a new school-house was completed in 1903.
Poplar Hill is a common Canadian place name and also used several in several other Provinces.
Geographic places and roads located in the community of Poplar Hill:
- Big Caribou River
- Toney River
- Trans Canada Trail
- MacBain Road
- Macdonald Blackie Road
- Meadowville Station Road
- River John Road
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
Poplar Hill Related Maps
2024 Map
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