Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia

Last updated

Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia
Community
Canada Nova Scotia location map 2.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°32′29″N65°44′00″W / 43.541389°N 65.733333°W / 43.541389; -65.733333 [1]
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia
County Shelburne
Municipal district Barrington
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • WardenEddie Nickerson
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code 902
Access RoutesNova Scotia 3.svg Trunk 3

Woods Harbour is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County. [2] [ dead link ] [3]

The number of residents is around 1227. [4]

The Mi'kmaq name for the area was Cockouquit, which was a word for duck. [5] Cockerwit Passage, leading into the harbour, retains a version of the name. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Central Woods Harbour
  2. ↑ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
  3. ↑ The Nova Scotia Atlas, 5th ed., Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., Halifax, NS, 2001, p. 86
  4. ↑ Lamson, C. (1994). The Sea Has Many Voices: Oceans Policy for a Complex World. School for Resource and Environnemental Studies. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 214. ISBN   978-0-7735-1112-5 . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 Hamilton, W.B. (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 309. ISBN   978-0-8020-7570-3 . Retrieved 26 January 2025.

43°32′29″N65°44′00″W / 43.54139°N 65.73333°W / 43.54139; -65.73333 (Central Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia)


Flag-map of Nova Scotia.svg

This Shelburne County, Nova Scotia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.