Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Rock, Colchester County

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The result was redirect to Clifton, Nova Scotia. SoWhy 10:46, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Black Rock, Colchester County

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Article all but admits this isn't a real place; created by blocked user. Mangoe (talk) 01:53, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nova Scotia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:20, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Comment See here. The article claims are worthless, but the place is not without history. Too little? Dunno. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 09:48, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

• Delete. 84's link calls it a "rural area" and a separate place a "farm", not a recognized community. All I can find is a Statistics Canada listing that calls it a "locality". Note: the other three entries in Black Rock, Nova Scotia were also created by the same user and are also suspect. Black Rock, Kings County is the best of the lot; I found a masters thesis/ethnographic survey, but not much in the way of official government recognition as a community. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:54, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Additional Comment "The ruins of a French Acadian village, destroyed by British troops in 1755, were visible at the cove in 1767". I'd pause for a second on this. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 15:11, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:15, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Black Rock, Colchester County, is at the end of the Black Rock Road and looks out to extensive salt marsh and tidal flats on the east side of the Subenacadie River at its opening to Chignecto Bay. Black Rock was the landing place for the ferry that operated in summer for many years across the river to Maitland and was thus an important place on the road between that industrious community and Truro. In 1771 or 1772, Irish planter Samuel Creelman (c.1728-c.1810) and his wife Isabell Flemming (1730-1807) with their six children settled at Black Rock (west end of the Township of Truro)(). According to Miller, Samuel and Isabell (the ancestors of most Nova Scotia Creelmans) "were buried near the house of Mr James Davis, about one mile from the Black Rock." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donald L. Forbes (talk • contribs) 16:57, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

• Redirect to Clifton, Nova Scotia (the closest match to a legal, populated place per WP:GEOLAND). The sources provided seem to agree that Black Rock is, at most, a long-since-historic ferry landing or farm. They even differ on whether the locality is on the East or West bank of the the river in question. No evidence of independent notability. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:19, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.