Scotch Hill, Nova Scotia
- Official Community Name: Scotch Hill
- Gaelic Name: Cnoc Nan Albannach
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.695138, -62.808913
- NTS Map Number: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 7
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045500062800 (Scotsburn)
- Other Maps
The community of Scotch Hill is located west of Browns Point. The place was also once known as Scots Hill and was probably so named because a number of the first settlers were Scottish.
Angus Campbell. William Fraser. Hector McQuarrie and Duncan Cameron were inhabitants in 1798. Charles McDonald and Lauchlan McQuary were here in 1806.
By 1828, 315 people lived in the area.
Population in 1956 was 101.
The 1879 Scotch Hill Map is one of the several maps included in the 1879 Historical Atlas of Pictou County.
Using the crowd sourced Find a Grave app, you can search the Scotch Hill Cemetery you can find names, details and photos
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson ]
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