Port Hood, Nova Scotia
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Port Hood (Mi'kmawi'simk: Kekwiamkek) is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web |title=GeoNAMES Explorer |url=https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/geonames/ |website=nsgi.novascotia.ca |access-date=20 July 2021}} It is an administrative centre and a service centre for the surrounding area. It is also the site of a registered historic place, Peter Smyth House.{{CRHP|8734|Peter Smyth House|20 July 2021}} Port Hood is the Capital of the County of Inverness, and is home to its Court House{{Cite web |last=NovaStream |title=Contact Us |url=https://invernesscounty.ca/services/staff-directory/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Municipality of the County of Inverness |language=en-US}}
Port Hood Beach is known for its warm waters and for the nearby Port Hood Station Provincial Park.
History
The Miꞌkmaq called it Kekwiamkek, meaning "at the place where sand moves slowly," or sandbar. The first European colonists, the French, called it Juste-au-Corps, meaning waistcoat. The French quarried stone for the Fortress of Louisbourg and built ships at the site. After the English took over Acadia, it was renamed for naval commander Samuel Hood.{{cite web |last1=Milton |first1=Janice |title=Port Hood |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/port-hood |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=20 July 2021}}
Port Hood experienced an economic boom from 1880 to 1910, with coal mining, fishing and marine trade. During the first half of the 1900s, it was served by the Inverness and Richmond Railway.{{cite web |last1=MacBean |first1=AWD |title=Railroad Heritage |url=http://www.celticshores.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Railroad-Heritage.pdf |access-date=20 July 2021}} A fire in July 1942 destroyed much of the town's business district.
The community was home to the Port Hood Consolidated School, which closed in 2000 and was replaced by Bayview Education Centre.
Geography
It is located on Trunk 19 (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30-minutes drive north from the Canso Causeway which links Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia peninsula.
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Port Hood, 2018–2024 normals, extremes 2018–present
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 13.4
|Feb record high C = 13.2
|Mar record high C = 18.4
|Apr record high C = 20.8
|May record high C = 27.3
|Jun record high C = 30.6
|Jul record high C = 31.7
|Aug record high C = 31.7
|Sep record high C = 28.9
|Oct record high C = 23.6
|Nov record high C = 20.6
|Dec record high C = 15.0
|year record high C= 31.7
|Jan high C = 1.1
|Feb high C = -0.3
|Mar high C = 3.3
|Apr high C = 7.9
|May high C = 12.8
|Jun high C = 20.1
|Jul high C = 24.0
|Aug high C = 24.4
|Sep high C = 20.0
|Oct high C = 14.3
|Nov high C = 8.3
|Dec high C = 3.7
|year high C = 11.6
|Jan mean C= -2.6
|Feb mean C= -4.1
|Mar mean C= -0.8
|Apr mean C= 3.5
|May mean C= 7.8
|Jun mean C= 15.1
|Jul mean C= 19.4
|Aug mean C= 19.7
|Sep mean C= 15.5
|Oct mean C= 10.4
|Nov mean C= 4.9
|Dec mean C= 0.7
|year mean C= 7.5
|Jan low C = -6.0
|Feb low C = -7.9
|Mar low C = -4.5
|Apr low C = -0.3
|May low C = 3.0
|Jun low C = 10.6
|Jul low C = 15.1
|Aug low C = 15.1
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 6.3
|Nov low C = 1.5
|Dec low C = -2.2
|year low C = 3.4
|Jan record low C = -17.5
|Feb record low C = -24.3
|Mar record low C = -17.3
|Apr record low C = -7.1
|May record low C = -4.9
|Jun record low C = 0.0
|Jul record low C = 6.2
|Aug record low C = 5.6
|Sep record low C = -0.4
|Oct record low C = -1.2
|Nov record low C = -9.6
|Dec record low C = -12.2
|year record low C= -24.3
|Jan avg record high C = 9.9
|Feb avg record high C = 10.3
|Mar avg record high C = 13.1
|Apr avg record high C = 17.1
|May avg record high C = 24.3
|Jun avg record high C = 27.6
|Jul avg record high C = 29.9
|Aug avg record high C = 29.6
|Sep avg record high C = 26.4
|Oct avg record high C = 21.4
|Nov avg record high C = 18.7
|Dec avg record high C = 14.4
|year avg record high C = 31.0
|Jan avg record low C = -15.2
|Feb avg record low C = -16.8
|Mar avg record low C = -14.8
|Apr avg record low C = -5.1
|May avg record low C = -2.8
|Jun avg record low C = 1.8
|Jul avg record low C = 8.5
|Aug avg record low C = 7.5
|Sep avg record low C = 1.3
|Oct avg record low C = -0.8
|Nov avg record low C = -4.8
|Dec avg record low C = -8.4
|year avg record low C = -17.9
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 79.2
| Feb rain mm = 60.2
| Mar rain mm = 75.9
| Apr rain mm = 70.9
| May rain mm = 69.0
| Jun rain mm = 93.2
| Jul rain mm = 88.4
| Aug rain mm = 99.3
| Sep rain mm = 78.1
| Oct rain mm = 122.1
| Nov rain mm = 117.2
| Dec rain mm = 100.8
| year rain mm = 1054.4
|source 1 = Cape Breton Mesonet{{cite web
| publisher = Cape Breton Mesonet
| url = https://capebretonweather.ca/archive.php?id=001D0A00EC45
| title = Port Hood normals
| work = Cape Breton Mesonet
| date = 1 May 2024
| access-date = 19 May 2024}}
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Notable people
Al MacInnis: professional ice hockey player who has made generous donations to the local arena,{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20010927014 |title=Major Expansion and Renovations for Port Hood Arena |publisher=Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations |date=September 27, 2001 |access-date=November 6, 2010}} now renamed the Al MacInnis Sports Centre.
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