Nail Pond (2006 population: ~250) is a Canadian rural community in

Prince County Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an isthmus ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...

. It is located north of

Tignish Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located approximately northwest of the city of Summerside, and northwest of the city of Charlottetown. It has a population of 719. The name "Tignish" is derived ...

, near the communities of

Skinner's Pond Skinners Pond is a rural unincorporated community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located northwest of the town of Tignish in the township of Lot 1, near the northwestern tip of the province. The primary industries for th ...

, Ascension, and

Peterville Peterville (also known as Peter Road) is a small community located on Route 159 from 2.01 – 3.78 miles SW of Tignish, in the Lot 1 township. Peterville is within the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, in Eastern Canada. The communi ...

History

It was founded by a cattle farmer by the name of Glenn Joseph Ellsworth in the early 19th century, and was reformed as an official locality in 2000. Ellsworth, discovered Nail Pond while making his way north from Tignish. He then settled there with his wife and several family members from

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who emigrated to the area. In November 1987, a

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washed ashore on Nail Pond beach. The whale was buried, but disinterred in 2008. The skeleton of the whale was sent to the University of British Columbia, where it is now on display.

Roads in Nail Pond locality

* Route 160 (Ascension Road) * Back Settlement Road * Josie Shang Road * Nail Pond Shore Road * Route 156 (Palmer Road) * Pebble Beach Avenue * Route 14 * Sunset Beach Road

References

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History

Roads in Nail Pond locality

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