Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a

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Guysborough County Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Taking its name from the Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, 1st B ...

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, Canada.

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classifies the district municipality as a

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. It is home to the Boylston and Salsman Provincial Parks. The parks are located between

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and Guysborough.

History

The area was originally called Chedabouctou and was the site of one of a fishing post of

Nicolas Denys Nicolas Denys (1598? – 1688) was a French-born merchant, governor, author, and settler in New France. He founded settlements at St. Pierre (now St. Peter's, Nova Scotia), Ste. Anne (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) and Nepisiquit (Bathurst, New Bru ...

. In 1682, a permanent settlement was started by

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. A group cleared land and spent the winter with the first crops being planted in 1683. Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval landed at Chedabouctou in 1687 when arriving to take up his position as governor of Acadia. The community is named after Sir Guy Carleton.

Geography

Occupying the eastern half of Guysborough County, the district municipality's administrative centre is the community of

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municip ...

. The district completely surrounds the Town of Mulgrave and it borders the

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to the west, the

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to the north and the Strait of Canso to the east.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

Various mining and energy (natural gas) projects have been developed in Guysborough, including around the Southwestern town of

Goldboro, Nova Scotia Goldboro is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the Eastern Shore along Route 316, Goldboro is approximately 16 kilometres west of the shire town of Guysborough. Mining and energy developments In ...

where a $10 Billion

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terminal and pipeline project is being pursued by the Canadian firm

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