Welcome to Alderney Point ...
Although we found mention of Alderney Point during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Alderney Point was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Alderney Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alderney Point, please Contact Us.
A typical abbreviation for Alderney Point: Alderney Pt.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Alderney Point might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
Area Codes for Alderney Point: 902 & 782<2>
Communities Also Named Alderney Point ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Alderney Point - it's located in Nova Scotia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alderney Point.
Communities near Alderney Point ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alderney Point.
- Canso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- D'Escousse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for D'Escousse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Escousse
- West Arichat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Port Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- River Bourgeois
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Bourgeois came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bourgeois
- Janvrin Harbour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Janvrin Harbour. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janvrin Harbour
- Grande Greve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grande Greve came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grande Greve
- Hazel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Hill
- Rockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alderney Point ...
Looking for more information about Alderney Point? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alderney Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alderney Point.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Alderney Point and then turned east". While Alderney Point could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Alderney Point as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Alderney Point could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 902 code has been Overlayed with the 782 area code. New phone numbers in the Alderney Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 902 or 782. As a result, placing a call in the Alderney Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |