Balls Creek

Balls Creek[1] (2004 pop.: 427[2]) is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is located along a creek of the same name, both named after Ingram Ball who was given a grant bordering on the creek in 1795.[3][4][5]

Balls Creek in Nova Scotia

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.[5][6]

A Postal Way Office was established in 1850. In 1956 the population was 342.[5]

References
  1. "Geographical Names of Canada - Balls Creek". Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Cape Breton Regional Municipality - Planning Department" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-27. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  3. https://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/places/page.asp?ID=32
  4. Brown, Thomas J (1922). Place-names of the province of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Royal Print & Litho. p. 15.
  5. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1974). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Mika Publishing Company. p. 32.
  6. "About Munro Academy". Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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