South Harbour is an

unincorporated area An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in the

Municipality of the County of Victoria The Municipality of the County of Victoria is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 7,000 residents of the eponymous historical county except for the Wagmatcook 1, Nova Scotia, ...

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, Canada. It is on the Cabot Trail, and borders the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The earliest European-descended settlers were English and Irish families who arrived around 1830. A second wave of Scottish settlers arrived in the area approximately 40 years later. A schoolhouse was established in the community in 1883. South Harbour is a misnomer since the sole outlet of the “harbour” is a channel through a sandbar, too small for commercial watercraft to traverse. The water is

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

, being fed by Effie's brook and Glasgow brook. Oysters and mussels are harvested in the harbour. A quarry and asphalt plant are also located in the community. File:Sunset over South Harbour (Nova Scotia).jpg, Sunset over South Harbour. File:South Harbour (Nova Scotia) Beach in the summer.jpg, South Harbour beach in the summertime. File:South Harbour (Nova Scotia) in the winter.jpg, South Harbour in the winter. The estuary typically freezes over every winter. File:South Harbour (Nova Scotia) on a calm day.jpg, South Harbour on a calm day.

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* Communities in Victoria County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{VictoriaNS-geo-stub