Pleasant Point (other)
Pleasant Point may refer to: Places In Canada * Pleasant Point, Nova Scotia In New Zealand * Pleasant Point, New Zealand In the United States * Pleasant Point, Lincoln County, Kentucky * Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation, at Pleasant Point, Maine * Pleasant Point (Scotland, Virginia), a historic home See also * Point Pleasant (other) Point Pleasant may refer to: Places ;In Canada * Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia ;In England * Point Pleasant (Wallsend), Tyne and Wear ;In the United States * Point Pleasant Township, Warren County, Illinois * Point Pleasant, Indiana ...

Pleasant Point, Nova Scotia
Pleasant Point is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng .... Located about 45 minutes from the city of Dartmouth, the community offers picturesque vistas of ocean and forests. Jutting out into the Atlantic, at the end of a deep fiord with numerous drumlins created by the last Ice Age, Pleasant Point lies on Kent Island. The local weather is moderated by the ocean, with it being generally milder in winter and cooler in the summer than most inland areas. Many forms of wildlife inhabit the area with pheasants, foxes, coyotes and bald eagles being very common. The French Point Lighthouse is one of the two Musquodoboit Harbour Range Lights found at Pleasant Point. This old lighthouse sta ...
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Pleasant Point, New Zealand
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8. It is a service town for the surrounding farming district. One of its main attractions is the heritage railway, the Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, which operates steam locomotives and one of only two Model T Ford railcar replicas in the world. It attracts about 10,000 people a year. For almost one hundred years, the Fairlie branch line railway passed through the town. It closed on 2 March 1968, and the heritage line utilises 2.5 km of track along the branch's old route. Pleasant Point is also known for glassblowing, taxidermy, blacksmithing and custard squares, and Māori rock art can be viewed nearby. Vineyards have also been established in the area. It also has two primary schools, a preschool and a play centre. Pleasant Point High School was closed by the Labour government in 2004. It has two rivers nearby, the Opihi and the TeN ...
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