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| Place | Rear Little River |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Victoria |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.433145 |
| Longitude | -60.481017 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | B1X |
| Area Code | 782, 902 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | CBFJS |
Rear Little River is a locality in Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Rear Little River is located at 46.4331°N, 60.4810°W.
Rear Little River occupies a quiet, salt-sprayed corner of the Atlantic coast, where the terrain rises firmly toward the slopes of Rooster Hill. It lies 39.5 km north-north-west of Sydney, NS (from Sydney, NS: bearing 326°T), and is situated 11.2 km north-east of West Tarbot. The landscape here is defined by the persistent flow of the Little River, which carves a path through the earth toward the sea, carrying the cold, clear scent of the highlands in its current. At dusk, the light catches the moving water in a way that makes the surface appear like hammered silver, casting long, lean shadows across the coastal grasses. Nearby, the presence of MacLeod Lake provides a still, dark contrast to the moving river, while the distant, rugged expanses of Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton loom on the horizon as a vast, brooding silhouette. The history of Rear Little River is marked by the enduring resilience of those who settled near the water to carve a living from the rugged shoreline and the surrounding timber. Life in Rear Little River follows the turning of the seasons, dictated by the chill of the Atlantic air and the seasonal shifts that dictate the local harvest and woodcraft. While the thunderous beauty of Indian Brook Falls draws the occasional wanderer to its mist-heavy basin, the daily existence here remains grounded in the quiet labor of maintaining homesteads and tending to the land. The community finds its character in this solitude, where the sound of the wind moving through the hills is more constant than the hum of any machinery, and the air tastes perpetually of brine and dampened spruce needles.
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Explore Rear Little 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: 46.433145, -60.481017. 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 Rear Little River includes the postal code (B1X), telephone area code (782, 902). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Rear Little 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 |