Rocky Mountain, Nova Scotia
Rocky Mountain Geography
- Official Name: Rocky Mountain
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.394237, -62.24635
Rocky Mountain Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E08
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 22
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: Crown Land Grant Map 094
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045350062200 (Willowdale)
Rocky Mountain is a rural community located east of Eden Lake. It may have been so named in imitation of the Rocky Mountains of Western Canada and because there were rocky hills in the area.
William McDonald settled here as early as 1803. James Robertson received a grant here in 1819.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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