Accommodations Nova Scotia
Your Guide To Accommodations In Nova Scotia
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
Port Hawkesbury is the business and recreational
centre of the Strait Area. The Town is located on the
Cape Breton shores of the Strait of Canso - a deep, narrow channel
of water separating northeastern Nova Scotia from Cape Breton
Island.
Completion of the Canso Causeway joining Cape Breton Island to
mainland Nova Scotia in 1955 enabled the Strait of Canso to become
one of the deepest, ice-free ports along the east coast of North
America.
Port Hawkesbury and the neighbouring Strait communities of Point
Tupper and Mulgrave, are the ports of call for thousands of vessels.
In 1994, more than 2,300 vessels used the docking facilities of the
Strait of Canso to ship pulp and paper, aggregate, oil, gypsum,
wallboard, fish and other products around the world.
These Communities have diverse economic and cultural activities
which offer much to visitors and residents alike. Port Hawkesbury
and the surrounding Strait Area exhibit the qualities of small town
living but offer the amenities of a larger urban centre.