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'''Port Hood''' {{Coord|46|01|00|N|61|32|00|W|region:CA_type:city|display=title}} is a seaside community (2006 pop. 5,369 <ref>[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1215006&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Port%20Hood&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= NS Community Counts]</ref>) on the west coast of [[Cape Breton Island]] and the [[shire town]] of [[Inverness County, Nova Scotia|Inverness County]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. Local residents are predominantly English-speaking Roman Catholics, the population core having Highland [[Scotland|Scottish]] ancestry; MacDonalds/MacDonnells mostly. The village is located on [[Nova Scotia Trunk 19|Trunk 19]] (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30-minutes drive north from the [[Canso Causeway]] which links mainland [[Nova Scotia]] to [[Cape Breton Island]].
{{Coord|46|01|00|N|61|32|00|W|region:CA_type:city|display=title}}
The economy of Port Hood revolves around farming (especially dairy cattle) and fishing; [[American lobster|lobster]] and [[Atlantic bluefin tuna]] particularly. However, most residents of Port Hood commute to work in communities like [[Port Hawkesbury]]. Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with the coal mining, fishing and marine trade. A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district.
'''Port Hood''' ([[Mi'kmaq language|Mi'kmawi'simk]]: ''Kekwiamkek'') is an unincorporated place in the [[Municipality of the County of Inverness]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=GeoNAMES Explorer |url=https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/geonames/ |website=nsgi.novascotia.ca |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> It is an administrative centre and a service centre for the surrounding area. It is also the site of a registered historic place, Peter Smyth House.<ref>{{CRHP|8734|Peter Smyth House|20 July 2021}}</ref>
[[Image:Porthoodsunset.jpg|thumb|left|200px|September dusk, looking towards Port Hood Island]]


Port Hood Beach is known for its warm waters and for the nearby Port Hood Station Provincial Park.
Construction of [[Nova Scotia Highway 105|Highway 105]] (the [[Trans-Canada Highway]]) between [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]] and the Canso Causeway in the 1960s resulted in the re-routing of most [[Cabot Trail]] tourism traffic. The Cabot Trail is now advertised with its start and end-point in [[Baddeck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], bypassing the traditional western approach to the Cabot Trail through [[Judique, Nova Scotia|Judique]], Port Hood, [[Inverness, Nova Scotia|Inverness]] and [[Margaree Harbour, Nova Scotia|Margaree Harbour]], and thus decreasing tourism traffic on the Ceilidh Trail.


==History==
Port Hood is known to have some of the warmest waters in Eastern Canada. Its miles of golden sandy beaches draw in tourists from across the globe during the summer season. It is also home to the Chestico Museum.
The [[Miꞌkmaq]] called it Kekwiamkek, meaning "at the place where sand moves slowly," or [[sandbar]]. The first European colonists, the French, called it Juste-au-Corps, meaning [[waistcoat]]. The French quarried stone for the [[Fortress of Louisbourg]] and built ships at the site. After the English took over [[Acadia]], it was renamed for naval commander [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Samuel Hood]].<ref name="milton">{{cite web |last1=Milton |first1=Janice |title=Port Hood |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/port-hood |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with coal mining, fishing and marine trade. During the first half of the 1900s, it was served by the [[Inverness and Richmond Railway]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacBean |first1=AWD |title=Railroad Heritage |url=http://www.celticshores.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Railroad-Heritage.pdf |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district.
[[Image:Beachporthood.jpg|thumb|200px|High Tide in Port Hood]]
[[Image:Beachporthood.jpg|thumb|200px|High Tide in Port Hood]]


The community was home to the [[Port Hood Consolidated School]], which closed in 2000 and was replaced by Bayview Education Centre.
In December 2005, just before Christmas, thousands of [[timber]] logs measuring 2.5 metres began washing up on the coast of Port Hood. A helicopter survey by the [[Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources|Department of Natural Resources]] showed the timber was spread over 30 kilometres. The lost cargo came from a [[barge]] that lost its load traveling from [[Nova Scotia]] to [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] on December 3, 2005. The lost cargo is estimated to be around 725m³


==Geography==
Port Hood is the birthplace of all-star (ice) [[ice hockey|hockey]], Olympic gold medal winner [[Al MacInnis]], as well as that of [[Grey Cup]] Canadian Football League Champion Bruce Beaton. Harness racing is a popular activity of many locals.
It is located on [[Nova Scotia Trunk 19|Trunk 19]] (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30-minutes drive north from the [[Canso Causeway]] which links Cape Breton Island to the [[Nova Scotia peninsula]].
[[Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia|Port Hood Island]] is located just off-shore from the village of Port Hood.


==Climate==
==Climate==

{{Weather box
{{Weather box
|location = Port Hood
|location = Port Hood, 2018–2024 normals, extremes 2018–present
|metric first = yes
|metric first = Y
|single line = yes
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 14.5
|Jan record high C = 13.4
|Feb record high C = 12.2
|Feb record high C = 13.2
|Mar record high C = 18
|Mar record high C = 18.4
|Apr record high C = 23
|Apr record high C = 20.8
|May record high C = 29
|May record high C = 27.3
|Jun record high C = 31.7
|Jun record high C = 30.6
|Jul record high C = 35
|Jul record high C = 31.7
|Aug record high C = 32.5
|Aug record high C = 31.7
|Sep record high C = 29
|Sep record high C = 28.9
|Oct record high C = 23.9
|Oct record high C = 23.6
|Nov record high C = 20
|Nov record high C = 20.6
|Dec record high C = 16.1
|Dec record high C = 15.0
|Jan high C = -1.6
|year record high C= 31.7
|Feb high C = -2.2
|Jan high C = 1.1
|Mar high C = 1.6
|Feb high C = -0.3
|Apr high C = 6.6
|Mar high C = 3.3
|May high C = 12.4
|Apr high C = 7.9
|Jun high C = 18.3
|May high C = 12.8
|Jul high C = 22.9
|Jun high C = 20.1
|Aug high C = 22.3
|Jul high C = 24.0
|Sep high C = 17.7
|Aug high C = 24.4
|Oct high C = 12.4
|Sep high C = 20.0
|Nov high C = 6.6
|Oct high C = 14.3
|Dec high C = 1.8
|Nov high C = 8.3
|year high C = 9.9
|Dec high C = 3.7
|Jan low C = -9.7
|year high C = 11.6
|Feb low C = -10.3
|Jan mean C= -2.6
|Mar low C = -6.5
|Feb mean C= -4.1
|Apr low C = -1
|Mar mean C= -0.8
|May low C = 3.6
|Apr mean C= 3.5
|Jun low C = 9
|May mean C= 7.8
|Jul low C = 14.2
|Jun mean C= 15.1
|Aug low C = 14
|Jul mean C= 19.4
|Sep low C = 9.9
|Aug mean C= 19.7
|Oct low C = 5.4
|Sep mean C= 15.5
|Nov low C = 0.7
|Oct mean C= 10.4
|Dec low C = -5.3
|Nov mean C= 4.9
|year low C = 2
|Dec mean C= 0.7
|Jan record low C = -25.5
|year mean C= 7.5
|Feb record low C = -28
|Jan low C = -6.0
|Mar record low C = -26
|Feb low C = -7.9
|Apr record low C = -13.3
|Mar low C = -4.5
|May record low C = -7
|Apr low C = -0.3
|Jun record low C = -3
|May low C = 3.0
|Jul record low C = 2.5
|Jun low C = 10.6
|Aug record low C = 3.3
|Jul low C = 15.1
|Sep record low C = -1.1
|Aug low C = 15.1
|Oct record low C = -4
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Nov record low C = -9
|Oct low C = 6.3
|Dec record low C = -21
|Nov low C = 1.5
|Jan precipitation mm = 109.7
|Dec low C = -2.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 90.8
|year low C = 3.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 95.1
|Jan record low C = -17.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 101.4
|Feb record low C = -24.3
|May precipitation mm = 87.8
|Mar record low C = -17.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 95.2
|Apr record low C = -7.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 94.2
|May record low C = -4.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 117.6
|Jun record low C = 0.0
|Jul record low C = 6.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 116
|Aug record low C = 5.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 134
|Nov precipitation mm = 120.7
|Sep record low C = -0.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 135.3
|Oct record low C = -1.2
|year precipitation mm = 1297.8
|Nov record low C = -9.6
|Dec record low C = -12.2
|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name= "climate">[[Environment Canada]]
|year record low C= -24.3
[http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=NS%20%20&StationName=&SearchType=&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=6443& Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000], accessed 16 July 2009</ref>
|Jan avg record high C = 9.9
|date=August 2010}}
|Feb avg record high C = 10.3
|Mar avg record high C = 13.1
|Apr avg record high C = 17.1
|May avg record high C = 24.3
|Jun avg record high C = 27.6
|Jul avg record high C = 29.9
|Aug avg record high C = 29.6
|Sep avg record high C = 26.4
|Oct avg record high C = 21.4
|Nov avg record high C = 18.7
|Dec avg record high C = 14.4
|year avg record high C = 31.0
|Jan avg record low C = -15.2
|Feb avg record low C = -16.8
|Mar avg record low C = -14.8
|Apr avg record low C = -5.1
|May avg record low C = -2.8
|Jun avg record low C = 1.8
|Jul avg record low C = 8.5
|Aug avg record low C = 7.5
|Sep avg record low C = 1.3
|Oct avg record low C = -0.8
|Nov avg record low C = -4.8
|Dec avg record low C = -8.4
|year avg record low C = -17.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 79.2
| Feb rain mm = 60.2
| Mar rain mm = 75.9
| Apr rain mm = 70.9
| May rain mm = 69.0
| Jun rain mm = 93.2
| Jul rain mm = 88.4
| Aug rain mm = 99.3
| Sep rain mm = 78.1
| Oct rain mm = 122.1
| Nov rain mm = 117.2
| Dec rain mm = 100.8
| year rain mm = 1054.4
|source 1 = Cape Breton Mesonet<ref name="normals">{{cite web
| publisher = Cape Breton Mesonet
| url = https://capebretonweather.ca/archive.php?id=001D0A00EC45
| title = Port Hood normals
| work = Cape Breton Mesonet
| date = 1 May 2024
| access-date = 19 May 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Notable people==
[[Al MacInnis]]: professional [[ice hockey]] player who has made generous donations to the local arena,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20010927014 |title=Major Expansion and Renovations for Port Hood Arena |publisher=Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations |date=September 27, 2001 |access-date=November 6, 2010}}</ref> now renamed the Al MacInnis Sports Centre.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.porthood.ca/ Port Hood community website]

* [http://www.canadianstampresearch.com/Commentary/Number_53.htm The "Port Hood Provisional"]
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Communities in Inverness County, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Communities in Inverness County, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:General Service Areas in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:General Service Areas in Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Canada]]

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Port Hood, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Port Hood, Nova Scotia
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Port Hood in Nova Scotia
Port Hood Harbour

46°01′00″N 61°32′00″W / 46.01667°N 61.53333°W / 46.01667; -61.53333 Port Hood (Mi'kmawi'simk: Kekwiamkek) is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] It is an administrative centre and a service centre for the surrounding area. It is also the site of a registered historic place, Peter Smyth House.[2]

Port Hood Beach is known for its warm waters and for the nearby Port Hood Station Provincial Park.

History

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The Miꞌkmaq called it Kekwiamkek, meaning "at the place where sand moves slowly," or sandbar. The first European colonists, the French, called it Juste-au-Corps, meaning waistcoat. The French quarried stone for the Fortress of Louisbourg and built ships at the site. After the English took over Acadia, it was renamed for naval commander Samuel Hood.[3]

Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with coal mining, fishing and marine trade. During the first half of the 1900s, it was served by the Inverness and Richmond Railway.[4] A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district.

High Tide in Port Hood

The community was home to the Port Hood Consolidated School, which closed in 2000 and was replaced by Bayview Education Centre.

Geography

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It is located on Trunk 19 (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30-minutes drive north from the Canso Causeway which links Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia peninsula.

Climate

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Climate data for Port Hood, 2018–2024 normals, extremes 2018–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1) 		13.2
(55.8) 		18.4
(65.1) 		20.8
(69.4) 		27.3
(81.1) 		30.6
(87.1) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.7
(89.1) 		28.9
(84.0) 		23.6
(74.5) 		20.6
(69.1) 		15.0
(59.0) 		31.7
(89.1)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 9.9
(49.8) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.1
(55.6) 		17.1
(62.8) 		24.3
(75.7) 		27.6
(81.7) 		29.9
(85.8) 		29.6
(85.3) 		26.4
(79.5) 		21.4
(70.5) 		18.7
(65.7) 		14.4
(57.9) 		31.0
(87.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.1
(34.0) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		3.3
(37.9) 		7.9
(46.2) 		12.8
(55.0) 		20.1
(68.2) 		24.0
(75.2) 		24.4
(75.9) 		20.0
(68.0) 		14.3
(57.7) 		8.3
(46.9) 		3.7
(38.7) 		11.6
(52.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		3.5
(38.3) 		7.8
(46.0) 		15.1
(59.2) 		19.4
(66.9) 		19.7
(67.5) 		15.5
(59.9) 		10.4
(50.7) 		4.9
(40.8) 		0.7
(33.3) 		7.5
(45.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.0
(21.2) 		−7.9
(17.8) 		−4.5
(23.9) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		3.0
(37.4) 		10.6
(51.1) 		15.1
(59.2) 		15.1
(59.2) 		10.6
(51.1) 		6.3
(43.3) 		1.5
(34.7) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		3.4
(38.1)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −15.2
(4.6) 		−16.8
(1.8) 		−14.8
(5.4) 		−5.1
(22.8) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		1.8
(35.2) 		8.5
(47.3) 		7.5
(45.5) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		−8.4
(16.9) 		−17.9
(−0.2)
Record low °C (°F) −17.5
(0.5) 		−24.3
(−11.7) 		−17.3
(0.9) 		−7.1
(19.2) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		0.0
(32.0) 		6.2
(43.2) 		5.6
(42.1) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		−12.2
(10.0) 		−24.3
(−11.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 79.2
(3.12) 		60.2
(2.37) 		75.9
(2.99) 		70.9
(2.79) 		69.0
(2.72) 		93.2
(3.67) 		88.4
(3.48) 		99.3
(3.91) 		78.1
(3.07) 		122.1
(4.81) 		117.2
(4.61) 		100.8
(3.97) 		1,054.4
(41.51)
Source: Cape Breton Mesonet[5]

Notable people

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Al MacInnis: professional ice hockey player who has made generous donations to the local arena,[6] now renamed the Al MacInnis Sports Centre.

References

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  1. ^ "GeoNAMES Explorer". nsgi.novascotia.ca. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ Peter Smyth House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ Milton, Janice. "Port Hood". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ MacBean, AWD. "Railroad Heritage" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Port Hood normals". Cape Breton Mesonet. Cape Breton Mesonet. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Major Expansion and Renovations for Port Hood Arena". Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. 27 September 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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