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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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.

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.

References

  1. ^ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 637.

45°1′38″N 62°1′40″W / 45.02722°N 62.02778°W / 45.02722; -62.02778 (Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia)