Welcome to Upper Afton ...
Although we found mention of Upper Afton during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Upper Afton 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 Upper Afton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upper Afton, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Upper Afton 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 Upper Afton would be found within the (902) area code.
Communities near Upper Afton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Upper Afton.
- Antigonish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Port Hawkesbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mulgrave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulgrave came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulgrave
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulgrave <2>
- Monastery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tracadie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracadie
- West Arm Tracadie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bayfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayfield <2>
- Black Avon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Avon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Avon
- Glassburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glassburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassburn
- Heatherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upper Afton ...
Looking for more information about Upper Afton? 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 Upper Afton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Upper Afton.
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 Upper Afton and then turned east". While Upper Afton could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Upper Afton 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Upper Afton 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |