Pleasant Harbour is a rural community located on the Eastern Shore of

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. The community is situated on the Marine Drive, on

Nova Scotia Trunk 7 Nova Scotia Trunk 7 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways. The route runs from Bedford to Antigonish, along the Eastern Shore for a distance of . Part of Trunk 7 is known as the Marine Drive. Route descrip ...

, about west of

Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia Sheet Harbour is a rural area, rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the eastern reaches of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, approximately northeast of the central urban area of the municipality, co ...

. The community is located on the shores of Shoal Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The

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name for the area was ''Wospegeak'', translating to "the sunshine is reflected from the water". Settlement of the area began around 1812, and the present name for the community was adopted in 1886.

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