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Spanish Ship Bay in Nova Scotia

Spanish Ship Bay is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's in Guysborough County.

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Etymology

Spanish Ship Bay is said to have been so named because a Spanish galleon had run aground there, or because a headland nearby is shaped somewhat like a ship. [1]

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References

  1. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 637.

45°1′38″N62°1′40″W / 45.02722°N 62.02778°W / 45.02722; -62.02778 (Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia)