Saulnierville is a

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community founded in 1785, located in

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. It contains the French Shore's largest

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, Comeau Sea Foods, which has been in operations since 1946. Saulnierville also has one of the oldest churches in the region, Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart) Church, built in 1880. The Vélo Baie Sainte-Marie bicycle shop in Saulnierville is the starting point of th
Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie
a mass-start cycling ride of the French Shore in late September. It is located in

Digby County Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from New York City in ...

. In 2020, the community was the centre of a lobster fishing dispute between Mi'kmaq and non-indigenous fishers.

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Communities in Digby County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{Acadia-stub