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Black Rock, Blackrock, or Black Rocks may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• South Black Rock (Tasmania), small island off north-west Tasmania
• Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains at the intersections of the roads connecting Peterborough, Jamestown and Orroroo, in the States mid-north.

Canada

• Blackrock Mountain, Alberta
• Black Rock, Nova Scotia

China

• Black Rock Peak, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province

Ireland

• Blackrock, County Cork, suburb of Cork city
• Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city
  • Blackrock railway station, a railway station serving the above suburb
• Black Rock, Co. Limerick, one of the Ballyhoura Mountains
• Blackrock, County Louth, seaside village
• Black Rock Mountain, County Wexford

South Georgia

• Black Rock, South Georgia, a low rock 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Shag Rocks
• Black Rocks, South Georgia, a small group of rocks 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southeast of Framnaes Point

Saint Kitts

• Black Rocks (Saint Kitts), a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of the island

United Kingdom

• Black Rock (Brighton and Hove), an area near Brighton Marina
• Black Rocks (Derbyshire), England
• Black Rock Gorge, through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland
• Black Rock crossing of the River Severn, at Portskewett, Monmouthshire
• Black Rock, Dorset, England, on the Jurassic Coast

United States

(ordered by state)

• Black Rock, Arkansas, city in Lawrence County
• Black Rock, Arizona, wilderness area of northwest Arizona
• Blackrock, California, community in Inyo County
• Black Rock Falls, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California
• Black Rock (Bridgeport), Connecticut, a neighborhood
  • Black Rock Harbor, adjacent harbor
• Black Rock State Park, near Watertown, Connecticut
• Black Rock Mountain State Park, near Mountain City, Georgia
• Black Rock Desert, northwestern Nevada
  • Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a protected land region at the Black Rock Desert along the path of the Applegate-Lassen Cut-Off of the California Trail
  • Black Rock Desert Wilderness a U.S. Wilderness area within the desert in northwestern Nevada
  • Black Rock Range, in this desert
• Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field, an area named for numerous basaltic lava flows and volcanic vents in southwest Utah
• Black Rock, New Mexico, a census designated place in northwestern New Mexico
• Black Rock Forest nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County New York
• Black Rock, Buffalo, New York, former town and now a neighborhood
• Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town

Other

Buildings and structures

• Black Rock Airport, New Mexico
• Blackrock Castle, in Blackrock, Cork
• Blackrock Clinic, in Blackrock, Dublin
• Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River), Pennsylvania
• Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin
• Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976
• Black Rock, nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
• Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence in Mecca
• Lapis Niger (Latin: "Black Stone"), ancient shrine in Rome
• The Black Rock, a memorial to Irish typhus victims in Goose Village, Montreal

Organizations and firms

• BlackRock, an investment management firm based in New York City
• Black Rock Arts Foundation supports arts programs in San Francisco, California
• Black Rock City, LLC, the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival
• Black Rock Coalition, U.S.-based organization promoting black musicians
• Blackrock College, in Blackrock, Dublin
  • Blackrock College RFC, adult rugby union club associated with the school
• Blackrock GAA, in Blackrock, Cork
• Black Rock Football Club, in Black Rock, Victoria
• Black Rock Press - University of Nevada, Reno a publisher
• Black Rock Studio, a video games developer based in Brighton, England
• Black Rock Yacht Club, in Black Rock, Victoria

Fiction

• Blackrock (play), 1992 Australian play inspired by the real-life rape and murder of schoolgirl Leigh Leigh
  • Blackrock (film), 1997 Australian film based on the play
• Blackrock (comics), adversary of Superman's in DC Comics.
• G. B. Blackrock, character in the Transformers comic book series.
• Black Rock, a ship on the TV show Lost.
• Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955 thriller directed by John Sturges starring Spencer Tracy.
• A clan of Orcs in Warcraft.

Other

• Black Rock (band), dance production duo from France
• Blakroc, a collaboration project between the band The Black Keys and a number of hiphop and R&B artists.
• Black Rock (hen), variety of domestic chicken
• Blackrock (geology), type of limestone

See also

• Blackstone
• articles beginning with Black Rock
• articles beginning with Blackrock

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From Wikitravel

Black Rock is a city in New Brunswick with a population of less than 100.

Understand

Black Rock has mostly Irish and Acadian descendants.

Black Rock is not known for having a political view.

Get around

Walking is the main transportation.

• Le tete a mort is a parade that happens every summer.

• The skies are beautifully lit at night, by the stars and moonlight. Nothing to interupt the wilderness. An easily relaxing place.

Do

Go to the beach... there are great beaches in Maisonnette, as well as in Pokeshaw, and Grande Anse.

Buy

There are many many shops to buy acadian merchandise and leather stuff.

• Le Pionnier
• L'acadian