The East River of Pictou is one of the major rivers flowing through Pictou County, featuring remarkable historic, ecological, and recreational value. The river is main up of two branches, the main branch, and a smaller branch that is called the West Branch East River. The smaller branch of the two, the West Branch East River, originates from West Branch Lake in Trafalgar and flows north until it unites with the main river, in the community of Eureka.
The East River of Pictou is a major rivers flowing through Pictou County, featuring remarkable historic, ecological, and recreational value. Towns and communities located along the East River include Sunny Brae, Stellarton, New Glasgow, Trenton, Abercrombie, and Pictou Landing and a few others. It is well known for fishing, especially for sea-run trout such as brook, brown, and sea trout, but also striped bass, smallmouth bass, and white perch.
Irish Mountain is located in the communities of Brookville and Churchville. It was named on account of one of its first settlers, Patrick Finner who was Irish.
Churchville is a rural community located near the north end of Forbes Lake, along NS Route 348 (East River East Side Road). An early place name for the area was Robertsons Mills, after John Robertson, an early settler. The present name was given before 1846 because of a prominent church that stood here. Patrick Finner was the first settler about 1770.
The 1879 Churchville Map is one of the several maps included in the 1879 Historical Atlas of Pictou County. It shows the basic topographic features of the community along with with prominent land owners and locations of buildings. The section 13 map also includes the Towns of New Glasgow, Stellarton and Trenton, and the communities of Pine Tree, Linacy, and Frasers Mountain.
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In this 1878 Pictou County map, you can see that the county was once divided into 3 regions: Pictou (western portion), Egerton (central region), and Maxwelton (eastern portion).
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