Cow Bay, Nova Scotia

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Cow Bay is a community within Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Eastern Shore on Nova Scotia Route 322 along the scenic route Marine Drive .

[edit] History

The community was named after Robert Cowie who, with Roger Hill, received a land grant in the area in 1763. In the 1840s, The latest known ancestors of Cow Bay are the Myers and the Moshers.The beach which extends for a kilometer and half was a popular destination for people from Dartmouth area by 1850.In the 1930s, a dance hall and canteen were built but unfortunately, over time, the Silver Sands Beach, was being destroyed. Sand was being removed for the construction of the container piers in Halifax Harbour and to build the runway at CFB Shearwater Airport. Removal of sand left the beaches vulnerable to the erosion of the tides until the Nova Scotia Government decided to step in and pass legislation to protect sand from beaches from being removed .