The Keppoch

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Tthe Keppoch is a large upland mountainous geography located in both Pictou and Antigonish Counties. The area is well known for as a highland recreation area serving northeastern Nova Scotia with year‑round activities including hiking, biking, skiing fishing and hunting. The range is part of Nova Scotia’s mixed metamorphic and sedimentary uplands shaped by glacial action; soils and bedrock produce rolling ridges, wetlands and small headwater streams typical of the Northumberland Shore hinterland. It is a mixed Acadian forest containing both coniferous and deciduous stands with wetland pockets and managed woodlots in surrounding private and conserved lands.

Garvies Lake

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Garvies Lake is a small inland lake located in the south eastern corner of Pictou County, in the community of Black Brook. The water here feeds the headwaters of East Branch Donny Brook.

The name was formerly known as Garvie Lake until a name change in 1976.

East Branch Donny Brook

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East Branch Donny Brook is a small freshwater brook that originates in the area of Garvies lake in the community of Black Brook. It flows north crossing into Antigonish County and eventually empties into the Ohio River.

Donny Brook

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Donny Brook is a small freshwater brook that originates in the area south of MacEacherns Lake in the community of Black Brook. It flows south crossing into Antigonish County and eventually empties into the Ohio River.

Frasers Brook

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Frasers Brook is a small freshwater brook that originates in the are south of the community of Black Brook and the north part of the community of East St. Marys. It flows south crossing into Guysborough County and eventually empties into the East St. Marys River.

It was Formerly known as Jordan Brook until the name was officially changed in 1976.

MacEacherns Lake

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MacEacherns Lake is a small inland lake that sits amid mixed Acadian forest and rolling uplands, it straddles the community of Black Brook and Indian Lake Woodland Area. This small freshwater lake formed in local topographic depressions, fed by small brooks, groundwater seepage, and seasonal runoff from surrounding uplands of the Kepoch area.

The name was formerly known as McIsaac Lake until a name change in 1976.

Black Brook Falls

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Black Brook Falls is a small cascading waterfall located along Black Brook, south of Sandy Gunns Lake.

Black Brook Lake

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Black Brook Lake is a fresh water lake located south of the Keppoch, near the eastern side of Pictou County in the community of Willowdale. Black Brook feeds into the lake from the north. It is a popular spot for fishing, particularly for brook trout.

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