[2]) The community was settled primarily by the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants).

Gore is a farming community near the Rawdon Hills, and is home to Environment Canada's Doppler weather radar station "XGO".

The site, located on Courthouse Hill Road, is renowned as a scenic viewing point.

On a clear day parts of five Nova Scotia counties, from west to east Kings, Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou, as well as Hants, can be seen from marked stones placed in the ground.

[4] At the same location, there is agriculture tourism and outdoor adventure event grounds known as NovaStrong.