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Country Harbour, Nova Scotia
Country Harbour is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough
County. The community is situated on a large deep natural harbour of
the same name and is located along the province's Eastern Shore.
Country Harbour was reportedly considered by British colonial
authorities for the provincial capital and military base that was
ultimately sited at Halifax. There are several sites dedicated to
preserving the heritage of the early European settlers, including a
restoration of a small village (probably home to less than 20
families) and Mount Misery.
Mount Misery was an early agricultural community which was renowned
for its harsh winter conditions, resulting in the death of almost
all original settlers within their first year of emigration. Mount
Misery is connected to Country Harbour Mines via a cable ferry
operated by the provincial Department of Transportation and Public
Works, providing convenient access to the neighbouring community of
Port Bickerton.
Traditional industries have included mining, forestry and fishing.
Many residents have established their fishing businesses in Port
Bickerton due to the geographic advantages provided by that port,
however several deep-sea fishing vessels use Country Harbour for
transferring their cargo to land-based transport.
Country Harbour once had an extensive gold mining industry. However,
the last serious attempt at mining this resource took place in the
early 1980s with the opening of the Forest Hills Gold Mine. Nothing
of significant value was recovered from this operation, and it
closed after several years.
In neighbouring Goldboro, the Sable Offshore Energy Project pipeline
comes ashore from natural gas fields 200 km offshore at Sable
Island. There, a gas liquids separation plant operates which sends
gas liquids on a pipeline to a plant at Point Tupper and the
Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline carries the pure natural gas
westward to markets in the Maritimes and New England.
Country Harbour has few significant employment opportunities aside
from the traditional primary resource industries. Many residents
tend to commute to Antigonish
or even as far as New Glasgow, Port Hawkesbury
and Halifax
for employment, however the majority of the community is retirees.
