Lower Mount Thom is located north of the Trans Canada Highway along Highway 4 (Pictou Road) in the community of Mount Thom. It sits on the upland slopes that form part of the county’s interior highlands, offering a mix of rural settlement, forested terrain, and long-standing transportation routes.
Upper Mount Thom is a small rural locality located north of the Trans Canada Highway in the community of Mount Thom. It’s a quiet, wooded area with deep geographic roots and a long association with the region’s transportation corridors and interior highlands.
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.