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Welcome to Kirkhill ...

Although we found mention of Kirkhill during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kirkhill, please Contact Us.




While we don't have a date for the founding of Kirkhill, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1897.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Kirkhill 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).

We believe that Kirkhill would be found within the (902) area code.

Communities Also Named Kirkhill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Kirkhill - they are located in Nova Scotia and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kirkhill.

Communities near Kirkhill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kirkhill.

  • Diligent River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diligent River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diligent River
  • New Prospect
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prospect came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
  • Yorke Settlement
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorke Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorke Settlement
  • Greenhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Halfway River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Two Islands
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Islands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Islands
  • Fox River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fox River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
  • Harrison Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Settlement
  • New Canaan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Canaan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canaan
  • Pettigrew Settlement
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pettigrew Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettigrew Settlement

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kirkhill ...

Looking for more information about Kirkhill? 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 Kirkhill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kirkhill.

Adding Kirkhill to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Kirkhill was on a map titled Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (from Rand McNally, 1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kirkhill.

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 north past Kirkhill and then turned east". While Kirkhill could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill 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>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.
<3>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.









 

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