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| Place | Five Mile River |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Hants |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.217244 |
| Longitude | -63.614786 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B0N |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CAMFI |
Five Mile River is a community in Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Five Mile River is located at 45.2172°N, 63.6148°W.
Five Mile River carves a deliberate path through the rolling terrain near the Creelman Hill, serving as a vital artery that feeds into the Kennetcook River. It lies 22.8 km west-north-west of Stewiacke, NS (from Stewiacke, NS: bearing 293°T), and is situated 9.4 km east-north-east of Kennetcook. The surrounding land holds a quiet, heavy stillness, where the low light of dusk catches the silt-laden currents and turns the water into a ribbon of hammered pewter. Beyond the immediate banks, the landscape rises toward the sheltered hollows where MacLaren Lake sits cradled in the dark, coniferous woods, its surface mirroring the shifting greys of the Nova Scotian sky. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and crushed pine needles, a constant reminder of the dense, watchful forests that press close against the edges of the meadows. The history of Five Mile River stays rooted in the stubborn resilience of those who cleared these fields to scratch a living from the stubborn, clay-heavy soil. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the locality, with farmsteads scattered across the slopes, their weathered barns standing as grey sentinels against the encroaching brush. While the daily labor of the land defines the local character, the proximity of Anthony Provincial Park offers a rare expanse of managed wilderness for those seeking the solitude of the deep woods. Life along the Kennetcook River moves with the slow, inevitable gravity of the tides, and the people who stay here possess an intimate knowledge of how the seasons transform the riverbanks from frozen, iron-hard earth into the verdant, mud-slicked passage of spring.
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Explore Five Mile River, Nova Scotia, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.217244, -63.614786. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Five Mile River includes the postal code (B0N), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Five Mile River is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |