Hunters Ferry Cove

  • In Maquapit Lake.
  • Named for James Hunter (1763-1843) immigrant from Glasgow, to Boston 1793, to Saint John 1794, to Maquapit Lake 1797.

Highlands

  • 9 miles southwest of Juniper.
  • Post Office circa 1885-1916.
  • Named for the Scottish Highlands.

Heron Island

  • Named after the flocks of heron there.
  • Settled by people from the Isle of Arran in 1826, the first European settlers in the area.

Hendry Brook

  • Flows northeast into Chaleur Bay at Belledune.
  • Named for Robert Hendry from Ayrshire, Scotland 1833; his son built the first mills.
  • Also known as Chalmers Brook, named for John Chalmers, first inn owner beside it.

Harvey

  • A group of Scottish settlers bound for Stanley could not find land there, so instead settled Harvey.
  • Established in 1837 by Andrew Inches of Scotland and named after Sir John Harvey, Lieut. Gov. of NB 1837-1841.

Hanna Dow Hill

  • On Deer Island.
  • Named for a woman who perished in a snow storm in the early days of the settlement.

Hammondvale

  • Eleven miles south of Sussex
  • Post office circa 1885-1950.
  • Named for Sir Andrew Snape Hammond, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
  • Settled by several families from Perthshire.

Hammond River

  • Seven miles north-east of Rothesay.
  • Settled by several families from Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Post office from 1852-1940.

Gregg Settlement

  • 2 miles north of Centreville.
  • Named for John Gregg, a land grantee there.

Gregan

  • 21 miles east of Chatham.
  • Post Office 1915-1958, Robert Gregan, first postmaster.