Saulnierville is a

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community founded in 1785, located in

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. It contains the French Shore's largest

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, Comeau Sea Foods, which has been in operations since 1946. Saulnierville also has one of the oldest churches in the region, Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart) Church, built in 1880. The Clare Municipality Veterans Centre in Saulnierville is the starting point of th
Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie
a mass-start cycling ride in late September. It is located in

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. In 2020, the community was the centre of a lobster fishing dispute between Mi'kmaq and non-indigenous fishers.

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Communities in Digby County, Nova Scotia Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia {{Acadia-stub