Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia
Spanish Ship Bay is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's in Guysborough County.
Spanish Ship Bay in Nova Scotia
Etymology
Spanish Ship Bay is said to have been so named because a Spanish galleon had run aground there, or because a headland nearby is shaped somewhat like a ship.[1]
References
- Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 637.
External links
- Spanish Ship Bay on Destination Nova Scotia
- Spanish Ship Bay war Memorial
- Spanish Ship Bay agriculture profile
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