East Bay, Nova Scotia Explained

Official Name:East Bay
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Canada Nova Scotia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of East Bay in Nova Scotia
Coordinates:46.0129°N -60.3843°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Regional municipality
Subdivision Name2:Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Postal Code Type:Forward sortation area
Postal Code:B1J
Area Code:902 and 782
Blank Name:NTS Map
Blank Info:011K01
Blank1 Name:GNBC Code
Blank1 Info:CAKIX

East Bay [1] is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island. It is situated on the south side of the East Bay of the Bras d'Or Lake, from which it gets its name.[2] East Bay has one public beach (East Bay Sandbar) and a large number of summer cottages with beach front property. Home of famous Fish & Chips, and East Bay Country Market, located on the Eskasoni turn off.

East Bay has a Catholic church, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, with mass every day at 10am and Saturday at 4pm. The community was the site of the College of East Bay (1824-1829) which was moved to Arichat and later Antigonish where it became St. Francis Xavier University. St FX later opened a branch in Cape Breton which became the University College of Cape Breton, later Cape Breton University. Until recently, East Bay had two elementary schools, reduced to one, and now both closed.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geographical Names of Canada - East Bay . January 16, 2016.
  2. Web site: Nova Scotia Geographical Names Database entry for "East Bay, County of Cape Breton" (includes map) . Government of Nova Scotia . May 9, 2012.
  3. Web site: Cape Breton board to close 17 schools . Cape Breton Post . 3 June 2018.