page_title: Bear River (Nova Scotia)
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Bear River (Nova Scotia) / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Mouth of Nova Scotia's Bear river as it passes under Nova Scotia Highway 101 and an abandoned railway bridge. The river discharges into Annapolis Basin on the right (panorama).
context_page_description: The Bear River is a minor river in western Nova Scotia, Canada. Flowing from south to north, it is 40 kilometres long from its headwaters to its discharge into the Annapolis Basin, some 6 kilometres east of Digby. The river is tidal for the last 9.7 kilometres of its length. The village of Bear River is situated near the head of the tide where shipbuilding took place in the nineteenth century.
  The river lies within an area long-occupied by native Mi'kmaq people, embodied today by members of the Bear River First Nation who still reside on the river. The native name for the river is L'sitkuk.
  The area was settled by European settlers at nearby Port Royal at the start of the seventeenth century. Samuel de Champlain called it Rivière St. Antoine on his first map, but the name did not survive. In 1609 it appeared as Rivière Hébert on Lescarbot's map and the name held. It was altered following English occupation of the region probably in the late eighteenth century.
  The river forms part of the boundary between Annapolis and Digby Counties.
context_section_description: North American Gazetteer Archived April 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  Bear River Millyard Recreation, "The River: From the Land to the Sea" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  Bear River Board of Trade Official Website
  C. Bruce Fergusson, "Bear River" and "Bear River East", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia, 1967, pp. 45 and 46
  Travel and Transitions, Bear River First Nation Heritage and Cultural Centre Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  Natural History of Nova Scotia Theme Region: 720 Basalt Ridge Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Nova Scotia Museum. As the river is forty kilometers long today and Digby Gut lies about 6 kilometers across the Annapolis Basin, the river was effectively shortened by 15 percent.
  Ray Riley, "A Good Place to Grow Up (Or A River Runs Through It – Nova Scotia Version)"  Archived May 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
caption: Bear River passes under Nova Scotia Highway 101 and an abandoned railway bridge as it discharges into the Annapolis Basin (right).
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