Tangier, Nova Scotia

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Tangier

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| image_skyline =Tangier NS PO 2013.jpg

| image_caption =Tangier Post Office

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| pushpin_map = Canada Nova Scotia

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Nova Scotia

| coordinates = {{coord|44|47|59|N|62|42|0|W|region:CA-NS|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{NS}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Halifax Regional Municipality

| subdivision_type4 = District

| subdivision_name4 = 2{{cite web|title=Current Polling District Boundaries|url=https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/elections/district-boundaries|publisher=Halifax Regional Municipality|accessdate=24 December 2018}}

| leader_title = Governing Council

| leader_name = Halifax Regional Council

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| timezone = AST

| utc_offset = -4

| timezone_DST = ADT

| utc_offset_DST = -3

| postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code

| postal_code = B0J 3H0

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| blank_name = Telephone Exchange

| blank_info = 902 772

| blank1_name = GNBC Code

| blank1_info = CBIKA{{cite web|title=Tangier|url=http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/CBLIF|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|accessdate=24 December 2018}}

| blank2_name = Highways

| blank2_info = {{jct|state=NS|Trunk|7}}

| footnotes = Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

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Tangier is a rural community on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality. It lies along the Marine Drive on Nova Scotia Trunk 7 approximately {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Sheet Harbour. Tangier is situated at the head of Tangier Harbour.{{cite web|title=Tangier Harbour|url=http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/CBLIH|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|accessdate=24 December 2018}} The Mi'kmaq name for the settlement was Wospegeak, translating to "the sunshine is reflected from the water". The community is located at the mouth of Tangier River.{{cite web|title=Tangier River|url=http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/CBLIN|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|accessdate=28 December 2018}} The present name of the community is most likely derived from the shipwreck of the schooner Tangier in 1830.{{cite book|last1=Hamiton|first1=William Baillie|title=Place Names of Atlantic Canada|date=1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9780802075703|page=407|edition=illustrated, reprint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC&q=Tangier|accessdate=19 September 2017}}{{sfn|Scott|2011|p=251}} In 1858, gold was discovered in the area, which sparked gold mining operations in the area for the next 30 years.{{sfn|Scott|2011|p=251}} The community has a church and several private fishing wharfs, as well as a post office.{{cite web|title=Find a Post Office|url=https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/fpo/personal/findPostOfficeDetail?outletId=0000043893|publisher=Canada Post|accessdate=28 December 2018}}

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Tangier, Nova Scotia

|N =Mooseland, Nova Scotia
Musquodoboit Valley
Via Mooseland Rd.

|NE =

|E =Popes Harbour, Nova Scotia
Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
Via {{jct|state=NS|Trunk|7}}/Marine Drive

|SE =Taylor Head Provincial Park

|S =Atlantic Ocean

|SW =Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia

|W =Pleasant Harbour, Nova Scotia
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
Via {{jct|state=NS|Trunk|7}}/Marine Drive

|NW =

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