Calder Lake
Calder Lake is a small fresh water lake located south of Forbes lake and west of East River Side Road in the community of Springville.
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Elmfield
Elmfield is a rural community located east of Plainfield the West River. It was probably so named because of prominent elm trees in the area.
Diamond
Diamond is a rural community located south of Planfield along the headwaters of West Branch River John. Likely the farmers who chose this name considered their district a gem and this settlement was thus named in Diamond 1892.
Mount Thom
Mount Thom is located on the Trans-Canada highway along the west boundary line between Pictou and Colchester Counties. It named after Thomas Troop of Truro who with Ephriam Howard, walked through the woods to help the Philadelphia settlers (from the on the brig, Hope) get established in 1767 at West River.
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley is a rural community located south of the Trans-canada Highway, west of Union Centre. The name is descriptive. Thomas McKenzie, a blacksmith from Gairloch, Ross-shire, Scotland, 1805 and Alexander McDonald were both settled here by 1814.
Mountville
Mountville is a small rural community located south of McLeallans Brook along the Mountville Road. In 1884, at a public meeting the inhabitants agreed to change the name of the village to Mountville. Much of the land here was granted to people who were settled near the East River by 1789.
Millbrook
Millbrook is a rural community located south of the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Rocklin. Originally, some of the early settlers visited the area, and trapped a large bear, they then named the place Bear Brook. Donald McKenzie built a mill sometime between 1803 and 1809 which prompted the renaming of Bear Brook to Millbrook.
White Hill
White Hill is a rural area is located west of the West Branch, East River. The site was granted to Neil McDonald, Andrew and John Marshall in 1792. John Marshall whose family came from Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland first settled the area.