Head of St. Margarets Bay is a rural community on the northeast corner of St. Margarets Bay. The community is in the

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, 40 km west from Halifax via on Trunk 3.

History

The bay was named after

Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

's mother Marguerite. His

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of 1612 shows the bay as ''St. Marguerite Baie.'' The community is the site of the

St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System The St. Margaret's Bay Hydroelectric System consists of three hydroelectric power plants (two collocated in the same building) and the related lake, dam, and river systems driving them. The system is situated within both Lunenburg County and ...

, built in 1922, the oldest hydro plant in Nova Scotia.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, St. Margaret's Bay had a population of 840 living in 364 of its 396 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 782. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Communications

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– 826 * First three digits of

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– B3Z *

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– Eastlink

Schools

*St. Margarets Bay Elementary

References

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