Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

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Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Sheet Harbour is a small community on the eastern shore of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada in the Musquodoboit/Sheet Harbour region of the Marine Drive on Trunk 7 , 87.44 kilometers from Halifax.

History

The settlement began in 1784 by Loyalist refugees and British veterans of the American Revolution and became a prosperous centre for the lumber industry.

Sheet Harbour was named "Port North" on the Royal Navy Chart that was published in 1778. It was decided that "Port North" was not descriptive enough so it's name was changed to Sheet Harbour because of a white, flat rock that looks like a sheet (named Sheet Rock). Sheet rock can be found at the entrance of the harbour. Sheet Harbour for about 2 decades was known as Cambell Town, this name fell into disuse and became known as Sheet Harbour. [Found in "Sheet Harbour: A Local History" by James E. Rutledge written in 1954, page 9-10]

Industry

The economy of Sheet Harbour is based on the tourism , fishery and forestry but since the 1990s, there is an industrial park to service the Sable Offshore Energy Project

For Tourism Sheet Harbour has the MacPhee House.

Communications

*Postal Code B0J 3B0

*Telephone exchange 902 885 Aliant

*Television
** CBHT Channel 11 - 18 kW
**CJCH Channel 2

Sheet Harbour has a C@p Site for public use. It has a fax machine and is able to send emails.

Activities

*Seaside Festival: August 6-17 * [http://www.sheetharbour.ca/seaside2008.pdf Seaside Festival schedule 2008] * [http://www.seasidefestival.ca/contact.asp about]

*Winter Parade

*Sheet Harbour has many ATV trails to be explored.

*Sheet Harbour's Rockets Field which is one of the two Baseball fields in Sheet Harbour
*Taylor Head Beach

Programs for Kids

The 2610 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps is in Sheet Harbour. This Corps has put Sheet Harbour on the map in Cadet circles for its ability to produce the best young Air Riffle shooters in Canada. For a good article about this excellent program see the following website: [http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Community/MapleLeaf/article_e.asp?id=2465 "The Face Behind Corps #2610" by Capt Rick Eng]

Demographics

*Total Population - 820
*Total Dwellings - 426
*Total Land Area - 188.384 km²

Transportation

The community is at the junction of three Highways Trunk 7, Route 224,and Route 374. The community also has a small harbour authority and a commercial port.

chools

*Duncan MacMillan High School (grades 7 to 12) [http://www.dmhs.ednet.ns.ca/ DMHS Website]
*Sheet Harbour Consolidated School (Primary to grade 6), [http://sheetharbour.ednet.ns.ca/ SHCS website]

Hotels, Motels and Bed and Breakfasts in the Sheet Harbour area

*Fairwinds Motel & Restaurant Sheet Harbour
*Back in Thyme Bed & Breakfast
*The Sheet Harbour Hotel
*Marquis Of Dufferin Seaside Inn Hotel (Port Dufferin)

References

External links

* [http://www.sheetharbour.ca Official website]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nscsheet/index.html Sheet Harbour Ancestry website]
* [http://highway7.com/t_places/place_0006_a2zmarine2.html Tourist attractions]