Diligent River is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

West of the town of Parrsboro, it shares its name with a river that makes up its southeast boundary, which itself flows into the Minas Basin.

Diligent River is known for its vast blueberry fields that extend from the shoreline into the Cobequid Mountains.

Diligent River was founded by United Empire Loyalists in the late 1700s.

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