The Keppoch

in Hill, Mount, Mountain, Terrain Feature

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

in Lake, Hydrography

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.

Indian Lake Stillwaters

in Stillwaters, Hydrography

Indian Lake Stillwaters is an area of slow moving shallow water located along Black Brook, just south of Indian Lake .

MacEacherns Lake

in Lake, Hydrography

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.

Pictou County Community Maps

in Pictou County Community Maps

Pictou County Community Maps combine topographic layers, hydrography, elevation detail, and community information into clear, community-focused cartography designed to help people visualize local geography and assets quickly and confidently. Most are provided as both curated digital maps and downloadable images and are great for practical planning, education, and general use. Community maps are added regularly, check to see if your community map is available.

Keppoch Gulch

in Valley, Terrain Feature

Keppoch Gulch reflects the rugged interior topography of Pictou County, where brooks often cut sharply into the uplands, creating dramatic micro‑landscapes hidden within the forest. One of the defining landscape features associated with the Keppoch, it is a steep, narrow ravine carved by centuries of flowing water. It features large moss‑covered boulders, steep, shaded slopes, seasonal waterfalls and cascades in Keppoch Brook that flows through dense spruce, fir and hardwood forests.

Keppoch Brook

in Brook, Hydrography

Keppoch Brook is a small, rugged woodland stream flowing through the Indian Lake Woodland Area, before descending southward into the Beaver River (a tributary system that drains toward Antigomish and empties into the Northumberland Strait) . It sits within a landscape shaped by steep gullies, forested uplands, and the broader cultural geomorphology of the Keppoch (a name shared with nearby highlands)

Middle Brook

in Brook, Hydrography

Middle Brook is a small woodland stream in the Indian Lake Woodland Area, flowing south through dense Acadian forest before joining the Barneys River system. It plays a small but important role in the Barneys River watershed, contributing freshwater from upland wetlands and forest runoff, seasonal water regulation, especially during spring melt, and habitat connectivity for aquatic species moving between headwater streams and the main river.

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