Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia Explained

Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia
Settlement Type:Community
Pushpin Map:Nova Scotia
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia
Pushpin Mapsize:275
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:Barrington
Government Type:Municipal Council
Leader Title:Warden
Leader Name:Eddie Nickerson
Population As Of:2006
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:43.5414°N -65.7333°W
Area Code:902
Blank Name:Access Routes

Woods Harbour is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County. People from the Woods Harbour area are locally known as "Cockawitters" (or with local slang applying; "Cockawittas").[2] [3] Cockerwit Passage is a body of water that leads to the mouth of Woods Harbour from the west.[4]

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43.5414°N -65.7333°W

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  1. http://142.176.62.102/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=nsplacenames&cmd=4&zoomcons=1&action=zoomToPlace&objid=4320&prov=false Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Central Woods Harbour
  2. http://www.gov.ns.ca/finance/communitycounts/geogpage.asp?p=com&gtype=Community&acctype=&gnew=&table=&chartid=&mapid=&dcol=&ptype=geo&gview=3&sub=&tid= Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
  3. Web site: Laurenandtristan.net - laurenandtristan Resources and Information.
  4. The Nova Scotia Atlas, 5th ed., Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., Halifax, NS, 2001, p. 86