Spanish Ship Bay, 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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Spanish Ship Bay in Nova Scotia
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]
References
- Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 637.
External links
- Spanish Ship Bay on Destination Nova Scotia
- Spanish Ship Bay war Memorial
- Spanish Ship Bay agriculture profile
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