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D'Escousse, NS (Nearby: River Bourgeois, Petit-de-Grat, Arichat, Louisdale, St. Peters)

3280 NS-320
D'Escousse, Nova Scotia
B0E 1K0

Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island

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Fishermen from St. Malo, France, established the place around 1718. In a 1752 census the place is listed as Descoust. Thomas Pichon (1700-81) referred to it as Decoux when he was writing about the place in 1760.
The name is French for 'stopping place.' Edmund and Edward McDonald settled here in 1790. By 1881 the population was 1,492.
With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015

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Nearby:	D'Escousse, 0km Poulamon, 2km Rocky Bay Beach, 4km Rocky Bay, 4km Poirierville, 3km River Bourgeois, 5km South Side River Bourgeois, 5km Cannes, 6km Lac Sec, 4km Pondville Beach Provincial Park, 6km Cap La Ronde, 4km Lochside (Cape Breton, Pondville), 5km Hawker, 6km Pondville, 6km Pondville South, 6km Lennox Passage Provincial Park, 5km Grand Lake (Cape Breton), 5km	Lennox, 5km Grandique Ferry (Point), 5km Thibeauville, 7km River Tillard, 8km Petit-de-Grat, 8km Gros Nez, 9km Sporting Mountain, 9km Haut de la Baie, 9km Martinique, 7km Boudreauville, 10km Sampson(s) Cove, 10km Robins, 10km Arichat / Isle Madame, 9km Seaview, 11km Alderney Point, 11km Little Anse, 11km Grande Anse, 9km	Louisdale, 8km St. Peters, 10km Battery Provincial Park, 10km Camerons Mountain, 12km Cape Auguet, 12km Jacksonville, 11km Lennox Passage, 10km Grande Greve, 10km Port Royal (Cape Breton), 11km Glasgow Point, 11km West Arichat, 12km Balmoral, 12km Oban, 15km St. Marys, 12km Sampsonville, 14km St. Georges Channel, 16km