Folly Mountain is a mountain

Mountain

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 and a community in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, located in Colchester County

Colchester County, Nova Scotia

Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called "Cobequid," and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex...

 on Trunk 4 in the Cobequid Hills.

Previous to the opening of the Cobequid Pass

Cobequid Pass

Cobequid Pass is the name given to a 45 kilometre toll section of Nova Scotia Highway 104 in Colchester County and Cumberland County between Masstown and Thompson Station with a toll station near Great Village...

, Trunk 4 was numbered for Highway 104 the Trans Canada Highway, passing over Folly Mountain and through Folly Lake

Folly Lake, Nova Scotia

Folly Lake is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County .-References:*...

 to the Wentworth Valley

Wentworth Valley

The Wentworth Valley is a valley in the Cobequid Hills of northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.The valley is located in a glacial trough north of Folly Mountain and comprises the lowest elevation pass through the Cobequids...

. Due to high number of fatal accidents the Trans Canada Highway moved to the Cobequid Pass on Highway 104

Nova Scotia Highway 104

Highway 104 in Nova Scotia runs from the New Brunswick border near Amherst to St. Peter's. Except for the portion on Cape Breton Island between Port Hawkesbury and St. Peter's, it is part of the Trans-Canada Highway....

 when it was completed. Today the section of Trunk 4 is open to vehicles other than transport trucks

Truck

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and must use the Cobequid Pass.