Marble Mountain, Nova Scotia
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Marble Mountain (Scottish Gaelic: A' Bheinn a Tuath) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County.[1][2][3]
Marble Mountain was settled in the 1830s, and was once referred to as North Mountain.[1] A deposit of marble was discovered in the area in 1868 by the geologist Nicholas Brown from Prince Edward Island.[4] In 1869, limestone deposits were also discovered, and a man named Dugald McLachlan established the McLachlan Lime Company in 1884 to begin extracting it. In 1902, the company was purchased by Desco, and the area became a major source for limestone used in their furnaces. Desco stopped mining in Marble Mountain in 1903.[1]
The area had a population of 68 people in 1956.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. pp. 408–409. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ Brown, Thomas J. (1922). Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia . Halifax, N.S.: Royal Print & Litho. p. 89 – via Wikisource.
- ↑ "Marble Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ↑ Scott, David E. (2015). Nova Scotia Place Names. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-7710-8318-8.
Further reading
- "Marble Mountain". Not Your Grandfather's Mining Industry. Halifax, N.S.: Mining Association of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
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45°49′15.60″N 61°2′26.32″W / 45.8210000°N 61.0406444°W / 45.8210000; -61.0406444
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