Black Rock, Kings County

Black Rock, Kings County is located in Nova Scotia
Black Rock, Kings County
Black Rock in Nova Scotia

Black Rock is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County.[1][2]

It contains a lighthouse (Black Rock Lighthouse) which was built in 1848. In 1967, the wooden, square lighthouse was replaced by a 10.4-metre-tall (34 ft) white fiberglass tower.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 71. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ Melody Aalders (2015). "The Ties That Bind: An Ethnographic Study of Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia (masters thesis)". Acadia University.
  3. ^ "Black Rock Lighthouse".

45°9′57.83″N 64°45′48.15″W / 45.1660639°N 64.7633750°W / 45.1660639; -64.7633750 (Black Rock, Nova Scotia)


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