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Tor Bay, Nova Scotia

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Tor Bay is a small fishing community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.[1] It is located at the south-western end of a bay of the same name.[2]

History

In the 1830s fishing vessels of between 40 and 120 tons were being built here.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tor Bay". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Tor Bay". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ Blunt, Edmund March (1833). The American Coast Pilot (12 ed.). New York: E. and G.W. Blunt. p. 117. Retrieved 20 January 2018.