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Port Hawkesbury
Nova Scotia, Canada
Also known as: Ship Harbour
Port Hawkesbury, town, Inverness county, northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies along the Strait of Canso, at the southern end of Cape Breton Island, 36 miles (58 km) east of Antigonish. Originally called Ship Harbour, the town was renamed in 1860, possibly for Charles Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury (1729–1808). It was a transportation hub, serving as the island terminus for the rail and highway ferries to the mainland until 1955, when the Canso Causeway, 7,000 feet (2,100 metres) long, was completed. Port Hawkesbury is now economically dependent upon sulfite pulp milling, supplemented by concrete production, boatbuilding and repair, and mixed farming. Inc. 1889. Pop. (2006) 3,517; (2011) 3,366.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer.
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