Port Hawkesbury

Port Hawkesbury (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chlamhain) is a town located on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Port Hawkesbury Gaelic: Baile a' Chlamhain / An Gut
Town
Nickname:  Cape Breton's Front Porch
Port Hawkesbury Location of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia Port Hawkesbury Port Hawkesbury (Canada)
Coordinates: 45°36′55″N 61°21′51″W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Inverness County
Founded	1789
Incorporated	January 22, 1889
Government
• Mayor	Brenda Chisholm-Beaton
• Governing Body	Port Hawkesbury Town Council
Area  (2016)
• Total	8.10 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,214
• Density	396.6/km2 (1,027/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code	B9A
Area code	902
Telephone Exchange	625
Median Earnings*	$48,141
NTS Map	011F11
GNBC Code	CBELL
Website	townofporthawkesbury.ca
Median household income, 2005 ($) (all households)

Notable people

• Lynn Coady is an author. Her best selling novels include Strange Heaven, Play the Monster Blind, Saints of Big Harbour, the Giller Prize nominated Antagonist (2011) and the Giller Prize Winning Hellgoing (2013).
• Mark Day, a film and television actor now living in Toronto and Los Angeles.
• Henry Embree, noted 19th-century boatbuilder
• Aaron Johnson, an NHL draft pick now playing with the AHL's Stockton Heat.
• Billy Joe MacLean, former mayor, provincial cabinet minister
• Henry Nicholas Paint (1830–1921), member of Parliament for Richmond County, merchant and land owner. His family (settling from Guernsey) received land grants at Belle Vue on the Strait of Canso in 1817 and at Point Tupper in 1863, and did much to develop the local communities in the area.

Other websites

• Town of Port Hawkesbury