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Bear River in Nova Scotia. Bear River is a community situated at the head of the tidewaters of the Bear River. The river itself is the border between the Annapolis and Digby counties of Nova Scotia and thus, splits the community so that half the community is in Annapolis County and the other half in Digby County. Bear River in winter.
Scottish immigrants followed and the village was renamed Wallace in honour of Scottish folk hero William Wallace as well as the first colonial treasurer of Nova Scotia, Michael Wallace. The village is located at the mouth of the Wallace River where it meets Wallace Bay on the Northumberland Strait. Wallace Harbour is deep and straight, at one ...
Mabou ( Scottish Gaelic: Màbu; An Drochaid; [1] [2] ) is an unincorporated settlement in the Municipality of the County of Inverness on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The population in 2011 was 1,207 residents. [3] It is the site of The Red Shoe pub, Beinn Mhàbu, [4] the An Drochaid Museum, and Glenora Distillers [5]
Berwick is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. The town is located in the eastern part of the Annapolis Valley on the Cornwallis River. The town site stretches south from the river and Exit 15 of Highway 101 to Highway 1. Berwick occupies 6.80 km 2 (2.6 sq mi) and has an elevation of 43 m (141 ft) above sea level.
Louisdale, Nova Scotia. / 45.6109694°N 61.0649000°W / 45.6109694; -61.0649000. Louisdale (pronounced Lewisdale) [1] is an unincorporated area within the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on Cape Breton Island at the centre of an Acadian region. [2] Founded mainly by families from nearby Petit ...
Nova Scotias läge i Kanada. Nova Scotia[ 2] ( engelskt uttal: [noʊvə ˈskoʊʃə] ( lyssna); latin för "Nya Skottland"; franska: Nouvelle-Écosse, skotsk gaeliska: Alba Nuadh) är en kanadensisk provins vid Kanadas sydostkust. Den är den mest befolkade kustprovinsen, och huvudstaden Halifax är regionens ekonomiska och kulturella centrum.
The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, naming it in honour of Louis XIV. [1] They did so by transplanting settlers there from the evacuated Terre-Neuve colony. The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as ...
