46°01′00″N 61°32′00″W / 46.01667°N 61.53333°W Port Hood (Mi'kmawi'simk: Kekwiamkek) is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] It is an administrative centre and a service centre for the surrounding area. It is also the site of a registered historic place, Peter Smyth House.[2]
Port Hood Beach is known for its warm waters and for the nearby Port Hood Station Provincial Park.
History
The Miꞌkmaq called it Kekwiamkek, meaning "at the place where sand moves slowly," or sandbar. The first European colonists, the French, called it Juste-au-Corps, meaning waistcoat. The French quarried stone for the Fortress of Louisbourg and built ships at the site. After the English took over Acadia, it was renamed for naval commander Samuel Hood.[3]
Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with coal mining, fishing and marine trade. During the first half of the 1900s, it was served by the Inverness and Richmond Railway.[4] A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district.
The community was home to the Port Hood Consolidated School, which closed in 2000 and was replaced by Bayview Education Centre.
Geography
It is located on Trunk 19 (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30-minutes drive north from the Canso Causeway which links Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia peninsula.
Climate
| Climate data for Port Hood | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18 (64) |
23 (73) |
29 (84) |
31.7 (89.1) |
35 (95) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29 (84) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20 (68) |
16.1 (61.0) |
35 (95) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1 (30) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9 (48) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14 (57) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
2 (36) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.5 (−13.9) |
−28 (−18) |
−26 (−15) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−7 (19) |
−3 (27) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−4 (25) |
−9 (16) |
−21 (−6) |
−28 (−18) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 109.7 (4.32) |
90.8 (3.57) |
95.1 (3.74) |
101.4 (3.99) |
87.8 (3.46) |
95.2 (3.75) |
94.2 (3.71) |
117.6 (4.63) |
116 (4.6) |
134 (5.3) |
120.7 (4.75) |
135.3 (5.33) |
1,297.8 (51.09) |
| Source: Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
Al MacInnis: professional ice hockey player who has made generous donations to the local arena,[6] now renamed the Al MacInnis Sports Centre.
References
- ↑ "GeoNAMES Explorer". nsgi.novascotia.ca. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ Peter Smyth House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ Milton, Janice. "Port Hood". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ MacBean, AWD. "Railroad Heritage" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 16 July 2009
- ↑ "Major Expansion and Renovations for Port Hood Arena". Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. 27 September 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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