Five Mile River, Nova Scotia

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Five Mile River
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Five Mile River
Location in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°13′2″N63°36′53″W / 45.21722°N 63.61472°W / 45.21722; -63.61472
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ProvinceFlag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia
County Hants County
Municipality East Hants Municipality
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal Code
B0N
Area code 902
Telephone Exchange 883
NTS Map011E04
GNBC CodeCAMFI

Five Mile River is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. [1] [2] The community takes its name from the river which runs through it, and includes the locality of Three Mile River.

The first land grants in the area were 750 acres to John McMonagle on April 10th, 1811; 400 acres to Duncan McDonald on August 10th, 1811; 500 acres to Robert O'Brien on February 23rd, 1815; and 350 acres to William Sim on March 30th, 1829. A church was erected in the area in 1853 and consecrated on June 29th, 1856. A new church was almost completed by June of 1881, and was consecrated on August 24th of the same year as the church of St. John the Baptist. [3]

References

  1. "Canadian Geographical Names Database". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
  2. "Nova Scotia GeoNAMES". NovaScotia.ca. Nova Scotia Government. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  3. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 212. Retrieved 14 February 2025.

45°13′2″N63°36′53″W / 45.21722°N 63.61472°W / 45.21722; -63.61472 (Five Mile River, Nova Scotia)