Duncan's Cove, Nova Scotia

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Coordinates: 44°30′03″N, 63°31′54″W Duncan's Cove is a rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the Ketch Harbour Road (Nova Scotia Route 349 ), 19 kilometers from of Halifax. The community is located at Chebucto Head.

Contents 1 History 2 Communications 3 Lighthouse 4 Parks 5 External Links

[edit] History

Overlooking the entrance of Halifax Harbour made it a strategic part of Halifax's defense system in the 1700's. The Camperdown Signal Station was erected by Prince Edward ,Duke of Kent in 1797, and was operational until 1925 when it was replaced. It was the first such military signal stations in Nova Scotia. The name of the cove was in honour of Admiral Duncan who defeated the Dutch.

[edit] Communications

• Telephone exchange 902 - 868
• First three digits of postal code - B3V

[edit] Lighthouse

• Chebucto Head Lighthouse

[edit] Parks

• Duncans Cove Nature Reserve

[edit] External Links

• Nature Reserve
• Chebucto Head Lighthouse