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Mabou, NS (Nearby: Port Hood, Inverness, Judique, Scotsville, Whycocomagh)

11541 MAIN ST
Mabou, Nova Scotia
B0E 1X0

Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

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Michael MacDonald from Barra, Scotland, settled here in 1817. The first coal mine started in 1866 but failed for lack of a good harbour nearby. Another mine started in 1899 but ceased operation by 1918.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	Mabou (Cape), 0km Mabou Station, 1km Mabou Provincial Park, 2km Northeast Mabou, 2km Rankinville, 2km Mabou Harbour, 3km Hawleys Hill, 3km Glendyer Station, 3km Southwest Ridge, 4km Southwest Mabou, 4km Hillsboro (Hillsborough), 3km Glendyer, 4km Glenora Falls, 5km Glengarry (Mabou), 4km Alpine Ridge, 6km Smithville, 5km MacFarlane Woods Nature Reserve, 7km	Mabou Harbour Mouth, 6km Black River, Port Hawkesbury, 8km West Mabou (Harbour), 6km Mull River, 8km West Mabou Beach Provincial Park, 6km Miramichi, 8km Riverville, 9km South Cape Highlands, 10km MacDonalds Glen / MacKinnons Brook, 9km Melrose Hill, 7km Brook Village, 7km Rocky Ridge, 8km Glencoe Station, 10km MacKinnons Brook, 10km River Centre, 11km Blackstone, 9km Southwest Mabou River Nature Reserve, 12km	Colindale, 8km Glenville (Inverness), 11km Dungarry, 10km Glencoe Mills, 12km Upper Southwest Mabou, 13km Hyannas, 9km Sight Point, 14km North (Cape) Highlands, 14km Saint Ninian, 14km Little Mabou, 10km MacLeod Settlement, 14km Dunmore (Mabou), 12km Port Ban, 15km Mount Young, 11km Hawthorne, 13km Colindale Beach, 11km