Eel Bay
Cape Negro until 2023 | |
|---|---|
  Location of Eel Bay, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 43°33′09″N 65°26′33″W / 43.5525°N 65.4425°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| County | Shelburne |
| Municipal district | Barrington |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Area code | 902 |
| Access Routes |  Route 309 |
Eel Bay, previously known as Cape Negro,[2] is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County.[3] Cape Sable, Nova Scotia By one account, Eel Bay was first settled by the French who migrated from Port Royal in 1620.[4] However other records indicate the habitation and garden of a French Priest at the Hawl Over (or Haulover) in Eel Bay as early as 1635, and the 1671 French census records the family of Amand and Elizabeth Lalloue living in Eel Bay.[5]
- ^ a b "2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Barrington Municipal District, Nova Scotia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Johnson, Kathy (14 March 2023). "Cape Negro renamed Eel Bay in Shelburne County". SaltWire. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
- ^ M. A. MacDonald. Fortune and La Tour. Methuen Press. 1983.p.14
- ^ Joseph R. Ross. History of Cape Negro and Blanche. Passage Print and Litho Ltd, Barrington Passage, NS. 1987. p. 7-8