Geonames
- Find a community or geographical feature.
Destination Nova Scotia has detailed
maps
online.
We
have an attractive 1878 map online taken from the 1878 Roe Brothers
Atlas of the Maritime Provinces. A detailed version is
available but the file is rather large at 600k for some modem
users. Visit the Roe map page to see a smaller preview
version.
A
map showing the Cumberland County boundries
of 1787
View copies of the crown land grant
maps as well as the A.F.
Church & Co. map of Cumberland County.
These Historical Maps are available from the Nova Scotia Government
Department of Natural Resources Library.
Names of Cumberland County communities are also online
in the crown land grants sheets
section.
A map showing Cumberland County Catholic
Churches is online at the website of Amherst Catholic Parishes.
The also have a list of contacts. They also have a page dedicated
to the Amherst
Catholic Cemetery as well as a background history
of the church in the area.
A
brief history of Wallace brought to you by the Wallace
Area Museum On-Line.
The official site
for the Town of Amherst.
Springhill
has an official town site.
The Town of Oxford has site.
The
website of the
Town of Parrsboro.
The
Municipality of Cumberland County has its own web
site which is worth a visit to see their flag.