Londonderry, Nova Scotia

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Londonderry is an unincorporated community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada, formerly called Acadia Mines.

A bustling iron ore mining town of some 5,000 in the late 19th century, the present population stands at around 200.

The Port of Londonderry, now present day Great Village, was first settled by two groups of Ulster emigrants. The first group came from Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1761 and the later larger contingent, having arrived in Halifax in October 1761 on the ship Hopewell out of County Londonderry, settled a few years later once land grants were secured. Both arrangements made by former British army Captain Alexander McNutt, who was formerly stationed at nearby Fort Cumberland and was originally from the original Derry (at the time called Londonderry), Ireland.

The CN main line runs through Londonderry.