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Portobello

Dispersed Rural Community

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Dartmouth, NS (Nearby: Shearwater, Bedford, Waverley, Eastern Passage, Lakeside)

95 AKERLEY BLVD
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B3B 1T0

Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Halifax Metro

Description From Owner:

The name is Spanish for 'beautiful door,' or 'beautiful entrance and was on the Shubenacadie Canal route. Settlement started in 1811.
Around 1837 James Marshall built a popular inn called Portobello House to serve passengers on the stage coaches on the Halifax-to-Truro route via the Dartmouth ferry and along the Waverly Lakes.
After the railway was opened to Truro in 1858, the inn lost the stagecoach business and burned in 1881.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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