Balls Creek
(2004 pop.: 427) is a community in the
Canadian province of
Nova Scotia, located in the
Cape Breton Regional Municipality on
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
The island accounts for 18. ...
. It is located along a creek of the same name, both named after
Ingram Ball
Ingram Ball (1752 – 18 March 1807) was British born and was an officer in the 33rd Regiment of Foot, and later in the 7th Light Dragoons of the British army, reaching a rank of captain-lieutenant before resigning in 1780.
Ball arrived in Cap ...
who was given a grant bordering on the creek in 1795.
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.
A Postal Way Office was established in 1850. In 1956 the population was 342.
References
Balls Creek on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
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