Port Mouton, Nova Scotia

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Port Mouton is a small village along Nova Scotia Highway 103 on the southwest coast of Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is about ten miles from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, the nearest significant town, and 100 miles from the provincial capital of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

On May 13 1604, the French explorers Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain landed at Port Mouton and built a temporary camp at Bull Point. The village takes its name due to a sheep falling overboard on one of their vessels and drowning.

The most significant attraction near Port Mouton is the Seaside Adjunct to Kejimkujik National Park, part of which is accessible via a trail originating at Southwest Port Mouton, a fishing hamlet located on a local road which forks from the 103 Highway in Port Mouton. The main entrance to the Seaside Adjunct is in Port Joli, Nova Scotia. Other than a restaurant, general store, and one or two seasonal craft shops, there are no businesses in Port Mouton. Fishing is the main employer for those residents who work in the town, either on boats or at a fish plant near the wharves. There is a United Church of Canada and a Canada Post office located on the main highway. The K-8 school closed in the 1990s, and children must now travel to Liverpool to attend school.

The villagers of Port Mouton don't pronounce it like the tourists or new citizens do. The local (Liverpool and Port Mouton) pronunciation for this village is Port Mow-toon.

The oldest house is Port Mouton is the Campbell House, which is now a local restaurant named Seascape.