Rural Routes Nova Scotia - Portage (East Bay)

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Portage (East Bay)

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East Bay, NS (Nearby: Cape Breton, Sydney Forks, Marion Bridge, Sydney River, Sydney)

3549 EAST BAY HWY
East Bay, Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

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So named because there was a portage nearby between the Sydney River and East Bay. Peter Grinton from Scotland was granted land here in 1827.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	East Bay, 0km Rear of East Bay, 4km Gillis Lake, 5km Glen Morrison, 4km Cape Breton (Regional Municipality) / Cape Breton Highlands National Park, 5km Blacketts Lake, 6km Beechmont, 7km Northside East Bay / McKenzie East Bay, 6km Sydney Forks, 7km Meadows Road, 6km McAdams Lake, 7km Woodbine, 7km Frenchvale (Frenchville), 10km Rear Boisdale, 8km Rock Elm, 10km Ben Eoin, 9km Beechmont North, 11km	Hillsdale Road, 10km Ben Eoin Provincial Park, 9km Huntington, 11km Upper Leitches Creek, 12km Two Rivers Wildlife Park, 11km Rear Balls Creek, 13km Sandfield (Cape Breton) / Mineral Rock, 10km Howie Centre, 10km Salmon River Road, 13km Juniper Mountain, 11km Leitches Creek, 15km Barrachois, Cape Breton, 14km Barrachois Harbour, 15km Barrachois Provincial Park, 15km Balls Creek, 15km Ironville, 14km North West Arm, 15km	Marion Bridge Road, 12km St. Andrews Channel, 14km Grand Mira South / Glen Currie, 16km Caribou Marsh 29, 12km Boisdale, 14km Rear Big Pond, 14km Coxheath, 14km Jefferson, 15km Silver Mine, 17km Leitches Creek Station, 17km Scotch Lake, 18km Campbelldale, 16km Marion Bridge, 13km Gibbon, 15km Grand Mira North, 18km Sydney River, 14km