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.

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Balls Creek on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality {{CapeBretonNS-geo-stub