Pugwash | |
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.jpg) Pugwash Lighthouse | |
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| Motto: World Famous for Peace | |
  Pugwash Location of Pugwash in Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 63°39′40″W / 45.850°N 63.661°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| County | Cumberland |
| Founded | 1807 |
| Electoral Districts Federal | Cumberland-Colchester |
| Provincial | Cumberland North |
| Government | |
| • Governing Body | Pugwash Village Commission |
| • Chair | Brent Wilson |
| • MLA | Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Independent |
| • MP | Stephen Ellis (PC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.80 km2 (3.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 746 |
| • Density | 76.2/km2 (197/sq mi) |
| Time zone | ATS |
| • Summer (DST) | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Postal Code | B0K 1L0 |
| Area code | +1-902-243 |
| Website | pugwashvillage |
Pugwash is an incorporated village in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located on the Northumberland Strait at the mouth of the Pugwash River. It had a population of 746 as of the 2021 census.[1] The name Pugwash is derived from the Mi'kmaq word Pakwesk (also written as Pagwĕsk), meaning "a shoal",[2][3] in reference to a reef near the mouth of the harbour.
The village is home to fishing, salt mining, small-scale manufacturing, and tourism. Pugwash sits atop a salt deposit measuring 457.2 metres (1,500 ft) thick and is home to the largest underground salt mine in Atlantic Canada, with shipments from its port, as well as by rail from a facility at Oxford Junction.[citation needed]
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ Cumberland County Facts and Folklore – Laurie Glenn Norris, 2009, Nimbus Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55109-731-2
- ^ Ganong, William Francis, An organization of the scientific investigation of the Indian place-nomenclature of the Maritime Provinces of Canada p285 (Ottawa : Printed for the Royal Society of Canada, 1914: text at Columbia University Library Digital Collections)