Brook Village, Nova Scotia
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Brook Village is a rural community in the County of Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It is located on Route 252 between Whycocomagh (on the 105 Highway) and Mabou, Nova Scotia
Mabou, Nova Scotia
Mabou -Mȧbu is a small Canadian rural community located in Inverness County on the west coast of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. The population in 2001 was 1,289 residents....
(on Route 19.) It is at the junction of Route 252 and Hayes River road, which connects to West Lake Ainslie. The economy of the community is based on dairy farming and pulp cutting. The larger communities around the Village are Whycogomah, Mabou, and Inverness. The community has a church, St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
, a Roman Catholic parish. The community also has a general store serving local needs.