Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia
Beaver Harbour in Nova Scotia

Beaver Harbour is a rural community on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality . It is located on the Marine Drive, along Trunk 7 approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia. The community is located on the shores of Beaver Harbour, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.[1][2] The mi'kmaq name for the area was Kobelawakwemoode, translating to "beaver harbour". First Nations legends relay that a large rock in the harbour was thrown by Glooscap, a powerful figure in the First Nations' legends, at the mystical beaver.[3][4] The land on which the community resides was part of a five thousand acre grant given to a surveyor on July 13, 1773.[4] Five families lived here by the 1830s, and a post office was established in the community on October 1, 1887.[4] A Trans-Atlantic cable station is located in the community, for the former CANTAT-2 cable.[5]

References

Citations

  1. "Beaver Harbour". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "Beaver Harbour". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. Scott 2011, p. 28.
  4. 1 2 3 "Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Business Development". Sheet Harbour Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

Bibliography
Scott, David (2011). Nova Scotia Place Names. DESPUB. ISBN 978-0-9865370-1-1.

44°54′01″N 62°25′26″W / 44.90028°N 62.42389°W / 44.90028; -62.42389

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