White_Hill_(Nova_Scotia)

White Hill (Nova Scotia)

White Hill (Nova Scotia)

Add article description

For the community in Pictou County, see White Hill, Nova Scotia.

White Hill[3] is a peak in the Cape Breton Highlands and is the highest elevation point in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.[4]

Quick Facts Highest point, Elevation ...

Located on the plateau 15 kilometres (9+1⁄2 mi) northwest of Ingonish and 33 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of Chéticamp, the peak is situated in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and is accessible only by hiking. It is a remote, large flat hill, covered by small spruce trees rising from a marshy, barren, windswept upland about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the nearest road and 10 kilometres (6 mi) from any maintained hiking trails.[2]

Survey monument

There is a first order Natural Resources Canada Geodetic Survey Division Station (Unique Number: 23105) on the summit, consisting of a marker, a brass/bronze disk, set in the top of a concrete pier on a small bedrock outcrop. There was a metal tower marking the site, but it was lying on the ground as of 2008. The station was surveyed and placed in June 1923 and the marker was renewed in 1963. The station was inspected by helicopter in 1976 and 1987.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Nova Scotia Geographical Names Database entry for "White Hill, County of Victoria" (includes map)". Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "White Hill, Nova Scotia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Geographical Names Board of Canada Database entry for "White Hill, County of Victoria" (includes map)". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "White Hill". Nova Scotia GeoNAMES Explorer. Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Canadian Spatial Reference System Station Report – North Barren, Natural Resources Canada, retrieved June 24, 2018
  6. [6]
    North Barren Station Report / 219601, GeoNova (Province of Nova Scotia), retrieved June 24, 2018
  7. [7]
    North Barren 19601 (PDF), GeoNova (Province of Nova Scotia), retrieved June 24, 2018
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article White_Hill_(Nova_Scotia), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.