Queensport, Nova Scotia

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Queensport is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County. It is named for Queen Victoria. [1] A lighthouse is still functioning on an island off the Queensport shore.

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  1. Brown, Thomas J. (1922), Nova Scotia Place Names (PDF), p. 122, retrieved 13 August 2023

45°20′19.08″N61°15′58.02″W / 45.3386333°N 61.2661167°W / 45.3386333; -61.2661167 (Queensport, Nova Scotia)