Port Clyde is a community in the
Canadian
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province of
Nova Scotia
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, located in the
Shelburne 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. It was originally named Port ...
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The community was a notable producer of wooden sailing ships in the Age of Sail
The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the int ...
, including the schooner '' Codseeker'' which survived a famous shipwreck just after she was built in 1877.
See also
* List of communities in Nova Scotia
This is a list of communities in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated area, unincorporated settlement inside or outside a municipality ...
References
External links
Port Clyde on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia
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