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]
Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia | |
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Coordinates: 43°32′29″N 65°44′00″W / 43.541389°N 65.733333°W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
County | Shelburne |
Municipal district | Barrington |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Council |
• Warden | Eddie Nickerson |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 902 |
Access Routes | Trunk 3 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Central Woods Harbour
- ^ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
- ^ "Laurenandtristan.net - laurenandtristan Resources and Information".
- ^ The Nova Scotia Atlas, 5th ed., Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., Halifax, NS, 2001, p. 86
43°32′29″N 65°44′00″W / 43.54139°N 65.73333°W