Trafalgar, Nova Scotia
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- Official Community Name: Trafalgar
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.342494 -62.650720
- NTS Map Number: 011E07
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 17
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: Crown Land Grant Map 088
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045300062600 (Castley Brook)
Trafalgar is a rural community located along Route 374 in the south west corner of Pictou County, close to the borders of both Guysborough County and Halifax County.
While it is believed to be named after the Battle of Trafalgar, but is not pronounced the same as Trafalgar England is. The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place between the British Royal Navy and combined fleets of French and Spanish in 1805.
During the summer of 1976, a small brush fire of unknown ignition broke out with the fire quickly spreading to surrounding wilderness. It eventually consumed some 32,000 acres (130 km2) of forest (more detail about this story).
View a Live Highway Web Cam in Trafalgar: https://novascotia.ca/tran/cameras/cameradetails.asp?id=Trafalgar
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