Woods Harbour is a community in the
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
province of
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, located in the
Barrington municipal district of
Shelburne County
Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States of America. It was originally ...
. People from the Woods Harbour area are locally known as "Cockawitters" (or with local slang applying; "Cockawittas").
[Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts](_blank)
/ref> Cockerwit Passage is a body of water that leads to the mouth of Woods Harbour from the west.[''The Nova Scotia Atlas'', 5th ed., Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., Halifax, NS, 2001, p. 86]
See also
* List of communities in Nova Scotia
This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by thUnion of Nova Scotia Municipalities For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated settlement inside or outside a municipality.
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References
Hawk, The
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia
Populated coastal places in Canada
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