The Stewiacke River is one of northern Nova Scotia’s significant interior waterways. It begins in Pictou County, where its headwaters rise at Round Lake before flowing southwest into Colchester County, eventually joining the Shubenacadie River and continuing toward the Bay of Fundy.
Sutherland Brook is a small headwater stream located in the upland interior of Lansdowne Station. Emerging from the outflow of Jenny Lake, it flows south into Colchester County where connects with the Stewiacke River. The brook forms part of the intricate network of small waterways that drain the forested plateau between Lansdowne Station and West River Station. Like many brooks in this region, it begins as a narrow, cool-water channel fed by lake overflow, groundwater seepage, and seasonal runoff from the surrounding mixed-wood forest.
Sheepherders Junction is a small rural locality in the community of Lansdowne Station situated near the boundary between Pictou County and Colchester County. It sits at the intersection of Route 289 and Dryden Lake Road, a crossroads that historically linked the Stewiacke Valley to the upland interior of Nova Scotia.
There are two Perch lakes in Pictou County. One is located east of the Stellarton-Trafalgar Road (route 374) in Trafalgar. and the other one is located just east of the Stewiacke Road (route 289) in Trafalgar.
Lansdowne Station, once a busy railway stop, is a rural community located west of Glengarry Station and near the high ground around Gordon Summit. The community is named in 1884 in honor of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (the fifth Marquis of Landsdowne) who was Governor General of Canada (1883-1888). The naming coincided with the prominence of the Intercolonial Railway, whose Stellarton–Truro line passed directly through the area. The area became one of the many rural stops that linked farm communities, lumber camps, and small industries to larger markets.