Merland
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Merland is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County.[1][2]
Merland in Nova Scotia
At one time named "Usher", changed by an Act of Parliament to its present name in 1868. It was first settled by the following Irish families: Dominic Daley, Thomas Coffey, Thomas Power, Michael Hogan and Patrick Dunn, about the end of the eighteenth century. It is said this place was named in honor of a former priest the Reverend James Merle. Merle is, the Scotch name for a black bird.[3]
