Eureka is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County .
45°29′53″N 62°41′10″W / 45.49806°N 62.68611°W / 45.49806; -62.68611 (Eureka, Nova Scotia) The earliest drawing of a surveyor’s map show the location of the various grants of land made to pioneer settlers Farquhar and Alexander Falconer, Alexander MacKay, James Robertson and Charles Fraser between 1813 and 1820.
As the East River settlements grew and developed, a roadway was opened to more populated town of Stellarton.
In 1881, the company began construction of its mill buildings and machinery for processing of wool powered by water turbines in the Eureka dam.
The Wollen Mills employed well over a hundred people and it seemed like the town would flourish in the coming years.