Maccan

Maccan is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County.^[1]

The word Maccan is derived from the Mi'kmaq word 'Maakan' meaning a good place for fishing. It was a thriving coal mining, farming, railroad and river ship building community. Maccan was home of the famed Nova Scotia Intermediate baseball club, the Maccan Royals. Several books on the history of Maccan have been written. Copies are available at the Cumberland County Museum in Amherst, and in the Amherst Public Library.

Several historic figures were born in Maccan, including Jonathan McCully, Father of Confederation.

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v t e Cumberland County
Towns	Amherst Oxford
Villages	Pugwash River Hebert
Communities	Advocate Harbour Amherst Point Athol Barronsfield Black Rock Chapman Settlement Chignecto Collingwood Corner Conns Mills Diligent River East Mapleton Eatonville Farmington Fenwick Fort Lawrence Fox Harbour Fox River Fraserville Greenville Station Gulf Shore Halfway River Hansford Harrison Settlement Hastings Jacksons Point Joggins Kirkhill Kolbec Lakelands Linden Little River Maccan Malagash Mansfield Mapleton Middleboro Mill Creek Minudie Moose River Mount Pleasant Nappan New Canaan New Yarmouth Northport North Shore Parrsboro Port Greville Port Howe Port Philip Pugwash Junction River Philip Rose Salem Sand River Shulie Southampton South Brook Spencer's Island Springhill Stonehouse Streets Ridge Thomson Station Tidnish Tidnish Bridge Truemanville Upper Nappan Victoria Wallace Wallace Ridge Wards Brook Wentworth West Brook Westchester Station Williamsdale Wyvern
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