Terre Noire is a small AcadianBiagi, Susan & Vaughan, Keith. Touring the Cabot Trail, p.22 (2005) () community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island. It is located about four miles north of Margaree Harbour and south of Cap LeMoine on the Cabot Trail. It is named for the dark soil in the area.Turnbull, Robert & Fisher, Robert C. Canada 1983 (1982)Nova Scotia Travel Bureau. Nova Scotia tour book: an official guide to the highways of Nova Scotia p. 118 (1956)("Terre Noire (pop 101). The name means 'black ground,' given because of the dark texture of the soil.")
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