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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Eastern Shore
Description From Owner:
- This rural area is located on the west side of Dover Bay, near Cape Canso, on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. It was probably named after Dover, England.
- In August 1824, 200 acres were surveyed for Abigail Salt and the heirs of the late John Salt. By the 1870's about sixteen families were settled.
- Grants of land at the site were made to Charles and Dominick Richard and James Horn in 1890, to James Reynolds in 1904 and to Duffield and Joseph Boudrot in 1905.
- St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church was built in 1908. A new school house the first in the village was opened in 1883. It was burned down in 1893 and replaced by a new building in 1894. A new school was built in 1946.
- Fishing is the main industry. During the 1930's a Co-operative Lobster Canning factory and a Co-operative fish processing plant were built. Population in 1956 was 434.
- From: guyscogene.net
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