East River is a community in the

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province of

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, located in the Chester Municipal District on the

Aspotogan Peninsula The Aspotogan Peninsula () is a peninsula in the eastern part of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, separating St. Margarets Bay in the east from Mahone Bay in the west. The peninsula was originally settled by second generation French immigrants on ...

on the

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at the junction of (

Nova Scotia Route 329 Route 329 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in Lunenburg County and connects East River at Trunk 3 with Hubbards at Trunk 3. It runs around the perimeter of the Aspotogan Peninsula. Communities *E ...

) and Trunk 3.

History

The village was known as East River Point, and before that Indian Point. It got its name from the river because it is on the eastern side of Mahone Bay. of land there reserved for John, Joseph and Thomas Paul, who were Mi’kmaq on September 3, 1793. At East River, David Floyd received a grant on August 18, 1815, and John Wheaton received in April 1817. John Booth's grant was dated September 22, 1899. (Places, p. 190) All these people are unknown. Cook's Beach was named for Ephraim Cook a direct descendant of Francis Cook of the Mayflower. He (Ephraim) settled with his family on land in Lower Melbourne near Cooks Beach (named in his honor). He was one of the first settlers in Yarmouth. Who the following landmarks are named after is unknown: Meisners Beach, G. Roast, L. Roast (Church Map) Rous Point and Rous Cove is named after Captain

John Rous John Rous (21 May 1702 – 3 April 1760) was a Royal Navy officer and privateer. He served during King George's War and the French and Indian War. Rous was also the senior naval officer on the Nova Scotia station during Father Le Loutre's War. ...

who led the naval operations off Nova Scotia during

Father Le Loutre's War Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Kingdo ...

.John Rous. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Also note that Desbraisey erroneously speculates that the landmark Rous's Brook is named after Captain John Rouse of HMS Albany – a Captain who brought settlers to this land (Bell, p. 415, citing DesBrisay p. 28). In fact, it is likely named earlier after Captain John Rous (Se
Place Names of Nova Scotia

References

East River on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia {{LunenburgNS-geo-stub