LARRYS COVE (H.)—See Ocean Glen.
LARRYS RIVER (G.)—Settled about 1767 and named after an early Irish settler, Larry Keating.
LAWRENCETOWN (A.)—In 1754, 20,000 acres of land was granted to twenty gentlemen who named their new domain in honor of Governor Lawrence, who was Governor of Nova Scotia at the time.
LAWRENCETOWN (H.)—One of the four Townships of Halifax County, once covered by the name "Musquodoboit." Named after Colonel Lawrence who was Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1754 and Governor in 1756.
Old Indian names of this district were "Wampack," "Chezzetcook," and "Taboolsimkek," the last meaning "two small branches flowing through sand."
The first grant to twenty families is dated 10th of June, 1754.
Just below Lawrencetown there is a place named by the Indians "Nesogwakade" meaning "the place of eel traps."
LAWLOR'S ISLAND (H.)—This island was formerly called "Bloss Island" after Captain Bloss who was a settler about the year 1750; he was a half-pay captain of a man-of-war.
LAZYTOWN (C. B.)—The old town of Sydney Mines was given this name by the visiting farmers. The coal miners in former days went to the pits at a very early hour; their wives, after preparing the early meal for their husbands went back to their beds and when the farmers came to town to market their produce they found the window blinds drawn and the families sleeping. This is how the name originated.
LEAMINGTON (C.)—First known as "Maccan Mountain." In 1886 a meeting of the residents named it Leamington, no doubt after the Warwickshire town of that name.
It was first settled about 1825 by William Bostock, Peter Nelson, David Gilroy and another named Cooke—no doubt Loyalists.
LE BLANC (D.)—Named after settlers of that name. Formerly and now sometimes called Major's Point.
LEITCHE'S CREEK (C. B.)—Named after a family of early settlers who were named "Leech." It will be noticed that the spelling of the word has recently been changed to the present form. The old maps show it as "Leech's Creek."
LENNOX (Ant.)—There is a town of this name in Berkshire
