Beech Hill/Beechhill Cove BEECH HILL, ANTIGONISH COUNTY

A locality SE of Antigonish.  A descriptive name.

A new schoolhouse was built about 1865 but the district became
depopulated at the turn of the century.  A modern school building
was erected in 1940 for children of new settlers, but there were
only five families left by 1955 so it was consolidated with the
"Fringe Area" three years later.
 
 

BEECHILL COVE, ANTIGONISH COUNTY

A cove on Northumberland Strait, north east of Merigomish Island.
A descriptive term