Bridgeville is a community in the

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 in

Pictou County Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermo ...

. It is on

Nova Scotia Route 348 Route 348 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the northeastern part of the province and connects Little Harbour at Route 289 with Melrose at Trunk 7. In the town of Trenton it runs on "North Main S ...

and the East River of Pictou. Though now sparsely populated, Bridgeville was the scene of substantial iron mining operations in the nineteenth century.

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Goethite Goethite (, ) is a mineral of the diaspore group, consisting of iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, specifically the "α" polymorph. It is found in soil and other low-temperature environments such as sediment. Goethite has been well known since ancient t ...

specime
found in Bridgeville
(Natural History Museum of Los Angeles)

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Mining communities in Nova Scotia Communities in Pictou County {{PictouNS-geo-stub