Athol, Nova Scotia

Athol, Nova Scotia

Athol is a very small community along Route 302 in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located between Amherst, Nova Scotia and Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. It has no major businesses, and has a very small population. The school line for Parrsboro Regional High School and River Hebert District High School is located in Athol. The Little Forks Road, and the Athol Road, two major roads leading to Springhill, Nova Scotia, start in Athol. Athol is located on the Maccan River.

Athol appears as Bathol in the novelist Will R. Bird's "Here Stays Good Yorkshire". Athol was settled by Yorkshire immigrants in the late eighteenth century.


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