OUR COMMUNITIES

Although sparsely populated, there are more than 50 communities within the Halifax borders of the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, which vary in size. The largest community along the eastern shore outside of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour is Porters Lake with a population of more than 3,716 as of 2021. Some of the communities on the Eastern Shore include:

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Beaver Harbour
Brookvale
Caribo Mines
Chaswood
Clam Harbour
Dean
Debais Cove
East Lawrencetown
East Quoddy
East Ship Harbour
Ecum Secum
Grand Desert
Head of Chezzetcook
Head of Jeddore
Higginsville
Jacket Lake
Jeddore
Lake Charlotte
Lake Echo
Lawrencetown
Little Harbour
Lower Three Fathom Harbour
Meagher’s Grant
Middle Musquodoboit
Mineville
Mitchell Bay
Mooseland
Moser River
Murchyville
Murphy Cove
Mushaboom
Musquodoboit Harbour
Necum Teuch
Ostrea Lake
Owl’s Head
Port Dufferin
Porters Lake
River Lake
Seaforth
Sheet Harbour
Sheet Harbour Passage
Ship Harbour
Spry Bay
Tangier
Taylors Head
Third Lake
Upper Musquodoboit
Watt Section
West Chezzetcook
West Jeddore
West Quoddy
Wyses Corner

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East Lawrencetown
Lower Three Fathom Harbour
Lake Echo
Mineville
Porters Lake
Seaforth
Grand Desert
Musquodoboit Harbour
Head of Chezzetcook
West Chezzetcook
Middle Musquodoboit
Upper Musquodoboit
Meagher’s Grant
Dean
Ostrea Lake
Head of Jeddore
Jeddore
Lake Charlotte
Clam Harbour
Little Harbour
Ship Harbour
East Ship Harbour
Owl’s Head
Tangier
River Lake
Mooseland
Third Lake
Jacket Lake
Caribo Mines
Higginsville
Murchyville
Chaswood
Brookvale
Murphy Cove
Spry Bay
Taylors Head
Sheet Harbour
Port Dufferin
Moser River
Ecum Secum
Wyses Corner
Debais Cove
Sheet Harour Passage
Watt Section
Beaver Harbour
West Quoddy
East Quoddy
Mitchell Bay
Necum Teuch