Shag Harbour | |
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Community | |
  Location of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 43°29′39″N 65°43′05″W / 43.494167°N 65.718056°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| County | Shelburne |
| Municipal district | Barrington |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 902 |
| Access Routes |  Trunk 3 |
Shag Harbour is a small fishing community on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. It is one of several small villages in the Municipality of the District of Barrington, Shelburne County. It has a population of roughly 400-450. Industry in the town centres on lobster fishing, which takes place from November to May.
Shag Harbour is home to the Shag Harbour UFO Museum and Chapel Hill Museum. The Chapel Hill Museum (c. 1856) is designated under the provincial Heritage Property Act.[2] The village is served by the Shag Harbour - Bear Point Volunteer Fire Department. Children of the village attend Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, named for a local author. Bon Portage Island, or Outer Island, was the setting for Richardson's award-winning non-fiction.
- ^ Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Shag Harbour[permanent dead link]
- ^ Chapel Hill Museum. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 29 April 2014.