Clyde River, Nova Scotia Explained

Clyde River
Settlement Type:Quinns Road, Upper and Lower Clyde, Port Clyde, Oak Lane, Pulp Mill Road and many other small places.
Pushpin Map:Nova Scotia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Clyde River, Nova Scotia
Pushpin Mapsize:275
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:Shelburne
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:1836
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Change (2001-06)
Population Blank1:2.7%
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates Footnotes:[2]
Coordinates:43.6319°N -65.4806°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:B0W 1R0
Area Code:902
Blank Name:Access Routes
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Clyde River is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Shelburne municipal district of Shelburne County. It borrows its name from the Clyde River which flows through the community, which was in turn adopted from the famous Scottish river. The area was settled by New England Planters about 1667 and later by Loyalists after 1783. Lumbering and farming were the initial industries.[2] In 1847 there were 15 Mi'kmaq families living in the Clyde River area.[3]

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43.6319°N -65.4806°W

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  1. http://www.gov.ns.ca/finance/communitycounts/subject.asp?gnum=com104&gname=Clyde_River&gtype=Community&ptype=sub&gview=1 Government of Nova Scotia website: Clyde River
  2. https://archives.novascotia.ca/places/page/?ID=136 Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia: Clyde River
  3. Nova Scotia Archives, Letter from Abraham Gesner, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Rupert George regarding his report on visits to all Mi'kmaq communities in Kings, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Liverpool and Lunenburg Counties. Includes some numbers on population.