Port Joli is a small village located along Highway 103 on the southwest coast of Region of Queens

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. It is about 20 miles from

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, the nearest significant town, and 120 miles from

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, the provincial capital. Port Mouton is about midway between Port Joli and Liverpool. The village's name, Port Joli, comes from the French ''joli'', meaning "pretty." PortJoliNS PO 2015

The major attraction in Port Joli is the Seaside Adjunct to

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, the entrance to which is located about three miles down St. Catherine's Road, which runs from Route 3 to the sea. From there, a footpath leads through forest and brush to the beach at Cadden Bay. Most of Port Joli's homes are only occupied during the summer months, and the majority of those who do live there year-round are retired. The only public facilities are a

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, recently closed and sold, a small general store(also closed), a post office(also closed)and a community hall, heritage building still being used. The fishing wharf at the end of St. Catherine's Road was closed in the mid-1990s; a rock

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now exists in its place. The few remaining fishermen work from nearby Port L'Herbert and Port Mouton. Well-known American violist

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died here in 1997. Movie star

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often summered here.

Parks

*Thomas H. Raddall Provincial Park *Port Joli Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary(CWS) *Nature Conservancy of Canada Reserves *Peppered Moon Provincial Reserve

References

External links

Kejimkujik National Park

Thomas H Raddall Provincial Park
Communities in the Region of Queens Municipality Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia {{QueensNS-geo-stub