Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia

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Ecum Secum is a small fishing community in southwestern Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.and the eastern Halifax Regional Municipality.

The community is located on the boundary of Halifax County and several communities in that county share part of the name, including Ecum Secum Bridge and Ecum Secum West. The county line runs through Ecum Secum Harbour also.

Its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq language and means "a red house". The community is approximately 30 minutes east of Sheet Harbour and 30 minutes west of Sherbrooke on Highway 7, also known as the Marine Drive.

The first Europeans to settle in the Ecum Secum area were Loyalists in the 1770s.