Brass Hill, Nova Scotia

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Brass Hill
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Brass Hill
Location of Brass Hill, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°33′09″N65°36′03″W / 43.5525°N 65.600833°W / 43.5525; -65.600833 [1]
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia
County Shelburne
Municipal district Barrington
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code 902
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Brass Hill is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County. [2]

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History

A Black man named Brass lived in the area in the 1760s. Brass Hill was the site of the Barrington Poor Farm, opened in September 1887. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Brass Hill [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
  3. ↑ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 79. Retrieved 30 September 2025.


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