Nappan

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nappan is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County. It is home to Chignecto National Wildlife Area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Willard Boyle

Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)

Charles Tupper

6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915)

Feist

Canadian singer

Wyndham Lewis

English painter, writer and critic (1882–1957)

S

Sandy Goss

Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist

E

Ernest Léger

Canadian Catholic archbishop

Rocky Johnson

Canadian professional wrestler (1944-2020)

Bill Casey

Canadian politician

Bill Riley

Canadian ice hockey player

Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Canadian politician

Edward Barron Chandler

Canadian politician (1800-1880)

Frances Tupper

Canadian first lady

Roger Stuart Bacon

Canadian politician (1926–2021)

William Thomas Pipes

Canadian politician (1850–1909)

Robert B. Dickey

Canadian politician (1800–1903)

Albert James Smith Copp

Canadian politician (1866–1912)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nova Scotia

• Chignecto
  2.7 mi away
• Lower Maccan
  3 mi away
• Brookdale
  4.5 mi away
• Barronsfield
  5.2 mi away
• Minudie
  5.5 mi away
• East Amherst
  6.1 mi away
• Salem
  6.3 mi away
• Athol
  6.6 mi away
• Warren
  7.7 mi away
• South Athol
  8.3 mi away
• Truemanville
  9.9 mi away
• Joggins
  11.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Nappan

Soils of the Nappan Research Farm, Nova Scotia

K.T Webb · 1995

Some Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Cemeteries

Susan A. Hill · 1997

The climate for agriculture at Nappan, 1914-1965

Lloyd Jackson · 1968

Report on dykeland reclamation, 1913 to 1952

Canada. Experimental Farm (Nappan, N.S.) · 1954

Progress report

Canada. Experimental Farm (Nappan, N.S.) · 1921

O. A. C. Review Volume 39 Issue 3, November 1926

Ontario Agricultural College · 1926

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Seen 2026-09-23

alder buckthorn

Frangula alnus

Seen 2026-09-20

common valerian

Valeriana officinalis

Seen 2026-09-20

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-09-20

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-09-20

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Bronze Copper

Tharsalea hyllus

Seen 2026-09-19

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striata

Seen 2026-09-19

Bedstraw Hawkmoth

Hyles gallii

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).