Marshy Hope is a community in the

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province of

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, located in

Pictou County Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Further ...

. The

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(CBNS) passes through Marshy Hope. The railway line was owned and operated by

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(CN) before CN sold the line in October 1993 to

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, a shortline railway

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, which created CBNS to operate the line beginning in 1994.

Notable residents

John Norman Maclean (minister) Rev. John Norman Maclean () (1862–1941) was a Scottish-Canadian Presbyterian minister who emigrated to the United States and served in congregations in California, Iowa, and Montana. Rev. Maclean is best known as the father of American author ...

, father of author

Norman Maclean Norman Fitzroy Maclean (December 23, 1902August 2, 1990) was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his Hemingwayesque writing, h ...

who used his father as a character

References

Marshy Hope on Destination Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Communities in Pictou County Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia {{PictouNS-geo-stub