Balls Creek in Nova Scotia
Balls Creek[1] (2004 pop.: 427[2]) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is located along a creek of the same name, both named after Ingram Ball who was given a grant bordering on the creek in 1795.[3][4][5]
The first school in the community was built some time before 1875. The present school, built as a public school in 1957, is now the home of Munro Academy, a private religious school established in 2009.[5][6]
A Postal Way Office was established in 1850. In 1956 the population was 342.[5]
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- ^ "Cape Breton Regional Municipality - Planning Department" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-27. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Archives - Error". 20 April 2020.
- ^ Brown, Thomas J (1922). Place-names of the province of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Royal Print & Litho. p. 15.
- ^ a b c Fergusson, C. Bruce (1974). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Mika Publishing Company. p. 32.
- ^ "About Munro Academy". Retrieved 5 June 2018.