Salt Springs is rural a area is located on the upper West River near the foot of Mount Thom. Saline springs bubbling up from the foot of Mount Thom inspired the name. Between 1813 and 1823, attempts were made to recover some of this salt.
Glengarry Station is a small rural community that was once a bustling little place with a railway station, post office, watering tank for steam locomotives supplied by water from the Middle River, and a school house.
Brookland is a rural community located south east of Dalhousie Mountain. Farms and Farmers of Pictou County, a collection of articles written by by R. H. Ward between 1919 and 1922 that showcases some of the many farms and farmers in Brookland area during 1914-1922.
Farms and Farmers of Pictou County is a collection of articles written by by R. H. Ward between 1919 and 1922 that showcases some of the many farms and farmers in Pictou County during that time period. It highlights the history, characteristics, and notable individuals associated with different settlements around the county. It investigates stories of pioneers, their descendants, and the agricultural practices that helped shaped the region’s agricultural landscape.
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Sunny Brae is a rural community located near the head of the East Branch of East River. It has been variously known as Pleasant Valley, Frasers Mills and Upper Settlement. The place name Sunny Brae is said to have been suggested in 1879 by W. L. Kennedy. “Brae” is a Scottish term meaning “hillside or slope.”
Lovat is a rural community located south east of Salt Springs between the Middle and West Rivers. It was named after a place in Inverness, Scotland, (the seat of the Fraser clan).
Donald Cameron and John McKenzie settled here in 1810. Grants of land were made to Roderick McKenzie in 1813, to John McKay in 1814, to James Fraser in 1815 and to Hector McKenzie in 1815.
Limerock is a rural community located along the West River, between Greenhill and Salt Springs. The name was to the area after limestone was discovered there.
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.