Tor Bay is a small

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community in the

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province of

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, located in the

Municipality of the District of Guysborough Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. It is home to ...

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. It is located at the south-western end of a bay of the same name.

History

In the 1830s, fishing vessels of between 40 and 120 tons were being built here. Tor Bay was the termination site of an early

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laid in 1875 to

Ballinskelligs Ballinskelligs, officially (Irish for "town (townland) of the craggy rock"), is a townland in the civil parish of Prior, County Kerry, Ireland. It may also refer to the wider district around the townland. It is located in the south-west of the ...

, Ireland—a distance of . A cable laid in 1874 connected Tor Bay to

Rye Beach, New Hampshire Rye Beach is an unincorporated community along the Atlantic Ocean in Rye, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along New Hampshire Route 1A near the southern border of the town of Rye, directly south of Jenness State Beach and north of L ...

, United States—a distance of .

References

Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{GuysboroughNS-geo-stub