Toney River, Nova Scotia

The river has a deep, narrow estuary which has been improved seaward of the Sunrise Trail bridge as a harbour including moorings for about a dozen fishing boats.

The community is named after a Mi'kmaq chief who is reported to have signed the Halifax Treaties in 1761.

He sailed along the coast from Quebec to New England exchanging the furs he received from the Mi'kmaq for food and manufactured goods.

Although he might have preferred to remain neutral to continue this trading profession, the English considered him an enemy during the French and Indian War.

The Mi'kmaq sheltered Captain Toney as a member of their tribe so he might avoid the Acadian Expulsion.