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LOCATION:

Located near McGrath Lake, just fourteen kilometers from Halifax, Brookside is a quiet residential neighborhood. Hatchet Lake, a small rural community that now Brookside, is located on Prospect Road.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

The area may have been named for a pioneer who lost his hatchet or it may be because the lake is said to somewhat resemble the shape of a hatchet.

SETTLEMENT HISTORY:

In 1787, John Drysdale and the Parker, Nicols and Drysdale families received a 1550-acre grant among them. Later in 1817, William Drysdale arrived, after being discharged from the army, to live on his grant of two hundred acres. Other families moved into the area, including W.D. Yeadon who arrived in the late 1880s.

BROOKSIDE AND HATCHETLAKE TODAY:

Today Brookside is blended in with Hatchet Lake and is made visible only by the Brookside Road that leads to the original settlement.

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