Havre Boucher is a community in

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, Canada.

Description

The village takes its name from "Havre Boucher", a natural harbour that opens onto St. George's Bay to the north. The community has expanded from its original setting on the west side of the harbour to now encompass the communities of Auld's Cove, Cape Jack, East Havre Boucher, West Havre Boucher, Frankville and

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. Havre Boucher is largely rural and dependent upon the fishing industry, and as a service centre for the surrounding area. Formerly an incorporated village, offering its residents political control through an elected governing body known as a "village commission" which operated under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Municipal Services Act, its status was dissolved in 2018.

History

Construction of the

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, which opened in 1955, saw the

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mainline from

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being diverted from Linwood to an alignment north through Havre Boucher and Cape Jack, following the

Strait of Canso The Strait of Canso (also Gut of Canso or Canso Strait, also called Straits of Canceau or Canseaux until the early 20th century) separates mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, in eastern Canada. It is a channel approximately 27 kilometer ...

to the causeway. Prior to that time, the railway ran from Linwood to Mulgrave where a ferry service operated to Point Tupper. Havre Boucher saw the construction of a large railway yard, which remains in operation today by the

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Havre Boucher had a population of 281 living in 128 of its 137 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 309. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

External links

Village of Havre Boucher - official websiteHavre Boucher in "Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia"
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