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Fox Point is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located on the Aspotogan Peninsula and is part of the Chester Municipal District. It is accessed via the Lighthouse Route (Nova Scotia Route 329). The community may have been named after the British abolitionist politician Charles James Fox (1749–1806).[ citation needed ]
The Indigenous Mi'kmaq people are believed to have had a migratory cycle, moving to the Fox Point area during summer, and then returning inland to Shubenacadie during winter. [1]
Today, the Fox Point community includes a wharf and a Seventh-day Adventist Church.[ citation needed ]
The Aspotogan Peninsula is a peninsula in the eastern part of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, separating St. Margarets Bay in the east from Mahone Bay in the west. The peninsula was originally settled by second generation French immigrants on the east side and by second generation German immigrants on the west side. Traditionally fishing was a major industry for communities throughout the peninsula, however other primary industries such as farming and forestry were historically important as well. Shipping and shipbuilding were secondary and tertiary industries that also came into prominence during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Lighthouse Route is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It follows the province's South Shore for 585 km (364 mi) from Halifax to Yarmouth.
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