Woodburn, Nova Scotia
Woodburn Geography
- Official Name: Woodburn
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Populated Place
- Geographic Feature Type: Community
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.6174, -62.523847
Woodburn Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Maps: 011E10
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 14
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 093
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045600062500 (Little Harbour)
About Woodburn
Woodburn, is a rural community located south of Kings Head along the west end of Merigomish Harbour. It was originally known as the Pine Tree Gut but later renamed Woodburn after John Wood, who received a grant of land here in 1810, combined with the Scottish word, “burn” means a rivulet or brook. The community name was also once spelled Woodbourne, (which you can notice on the original Land Grant map for the area) but changed to Woodburn in 1948.
A school was built In 1821 located on School House Hill (just off the Woodburn Road).
The first post office in the Little Harbour area opened at Woodburn in 1874, but closed eventually in 1934.
“The Mic Mac Indians were always friends with the settlers and their descendants. Al one time, there was a settlement of Indians along the Pine Tree Gut in Woodburn. A smallpox epidemic broke out. Those that passed away were buried and the survivors moved across the railway track where many lived until recent years.
The first car that was owned in February 1917, it belonged to Mr. McCully, who was station agent at the Glenfalloch Railway Station al Woodburn.
Woodburn was once known for its early market vegetables. Gradually farming declined, with the older people passing away and the younger people going on to other things. ” some of the information about Woodburn from the book Along the shore of Little Harbour
More History …
Along the shore of Little Harbour by Marie Cullen, Shirley Aikens, & Margaret Forbes, is a great resource for stories and history of Little Harbour and surroundings area (Anderson Mountain, Black Point, Boat Harbour, Chance Harbour, Kings Head, Little Harbour and Woodburn).
It provides details about many of the families that first settled the area, businesses, industry, hard ships, churches, schools, fire stations, and more. This book is now available to read online.
Local Information …
Using the crowd sourced Find a Grave App, you can search the Woodburn Cemetery for names, photos, various details and more.
[Source: Nova Scotia Place Names – T. Brown / Places of Nova Scotia – C. Bruce Fergusson / Along the shore of Little Harbour – M. Cullen, S. Aikens, & M. Forbes]
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