Port Dufferin / West Newdy Quoddy / Quoddy Harbour
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Sheet Harbour, NS (Nearby: Tangier, Mosers River, St. Mary's Municipal District, Upper Musquodoboit, Upper Stewiacke)

  • Port Dufferin
  • West Newdy Quoddy
  • Quoddy Harbour

22546 HWY 7
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
B0J 3B0


Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Eastern Shore

Description From Owner:
  • Port Dufferin: The place was known as Salmon Harbour until an act of the legislature in 1899 changed the name to Port Dufferin.
  • There were nine families living here in 1827. The name change honoured Frederick Blackwood, 1st Marquis of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), Governor General of Canada from 1872-78.
  • West Newdy Quoddy: Newdy Quoddy is believed to be a corruption of the Mi'kmaw Noodaakwade, for 'seal-hunting place.
  • When Peter Besanson from Lunenburg County moved here in 1823, he found seven families who had been living here since 1818. Earlier name versions were Noody Quoddy, Noody Quady, Newton-quoddy and Newdiquoddy.
  • Quoddy Harbour: The name is a corruption of the Mi'kmaw Noodaakwade, ‘the seal hunting place.' Variations over time have included Noody Quaday, Noody Quodoy and Quoddy. Settlement began in the area around 1820.
  • With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015


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