Port Hawkesbury
Port Hawkesbury (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chlamhain) is a town located on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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Gaelic: Baile a' Chlamhain / An Gut | |
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| Coordinates: 45°36′55″N 61°21′51″W / 45.61528°N 61.36417°WCoordinates: 45°36′55″N 61°21′51″W / 45.61528°N 61.36417°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Inverness County |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Incorporated | January 22, 1889 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brenda Chisholm-Beaton[1] |
| • Governing Body | Port Hawkesbury Town Council |
| Area (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 8.10 km2 (3.13 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,210 |
| • Density | 396.3/km2 (1,026/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code | B9A |
| Telephone Exchange | 625 |
| Median Earnings* | $65,500 |
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| GNBC Code | CBELL |
| Website | townofporthawkesbury.ca |
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Notable people
- Lynn Coady is an author. Her best selling novels include Strange Heaven, Play the Monster Blind, Saints of Big Harbour, the Giller Prize nominated Antagonist (2011) and the Giller Prize Winning Hellgoing (2013).
- Mark Day, a film and television actor now living in Toronto and Los Angeles.
- Henry Embree, noted 19th-century boatbuilder
- Aaron Johnson, an NHL draft pick now playing with the AHL's Stockton Heat.
- Billy Joe MacLean, former mayor, provincial cabinet minister
- Henry Nicholas Paint (1830–1921), member of Parliament for Richmond County, merchant and land owner. His family (settling from Guernsey) received land grants at Belle Vue on the Strait of Canso in 1817 and at Point Tupper in 1863, and did much to develop the local communities in the area.
Port Hawkesbury Media
Port Hawkesbury waterfront, 1890
Canso Causeway at Port Hawkesbury
NASA landsat photo of Cape Breton Island
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References
- ↑ "Chisholm-Beaton sworn in as Port Hawkesbury mayor". 101.5 FM The Hawk. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census Port Hawkesbury, Town [Census subdivision], Nova Scotia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
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