Brooklyn is a Canadian rural community located in western Hants County, Nova Scotia with a population of 916 people in 2016.[1]
The community was Nelegakumik by the Mi'kmaq Nation (meaning "broken snowshoes").[2] Brooklyn is unusual in that its post office is officially called Newport.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Brooklyn, Class IV area [Designated place], Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia [Province]". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017.
- ^ Rand, Silas Tertius (1875-01-01). A First Reading Book in the Micmac Language: Comprising the Micmac Numerals, and the Names of the Different Kinds of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Trees, &c. of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Also, Some of the Indian Names of Places, and Many Familiar Words and Phrases, Translated Literally Into English. Nova Scotia Printing Company.