Hopewell is a rural community located along the West Branch of the East River. It was originally named Milltown because of the grist mills operating in the area (by Donald Gray and Simon Fraser between 1810 and 1815, and by John Duff between 1820 and 1825).
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Hopewell is a rural community located along the West Branch of the East River. It was named after the ship that brought Alexander McNutt and the Ulster settlers to Colchester County in 1761. An early name for the area was Milltown from the John Duffs grist mill.
The 1864 Hopewell Map is a detailed sketch from the much larger 1864 Pictou County Topographical Township Map created by Ambrose F. Church. The map captures the county at a moment when settlement patterns, industry, and transportation routes were rapidly taking shape. It includes administrative boundaries, communities, roads, railroads, and many other topographical features of the late 1800s. Browse this map detail online and …