Tor Bay, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Tor Bay, Nova Scotia
Tor Bay in Nova Scotia

Tor Bay is a small fishing community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.[1] It is located at the south-western end of a bay of the same name.[2]

History

In the 1830s, fishing vessels of between 40 and 120 tons were being built here.[3]

Tor Bay was the termination site of an early transatlantic telegraph cable laid in 1875 to Ballinskelligs, Ireland—a distance of 2,565 nautical miles (4,750 km).[4] A cable laid in 1874 connected Tor Bay to Rye Beach, New Hampshire, United States—a distance of 536 nautical miles (993 km).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tor Bay (Unincorporated place)". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tor Bay (Bay)". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Blunt, Edmund March (1833). The American Coast Pilot (12 ed.). New York: E. and G.W. Blunt. p. 117. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Glover, Bill. "Direct United States Cable Company Cable Station ~ Rye Beach, New Hampshire". History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications. Atlantic Cable.


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