Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia
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Main-à-Dieu is a community located in Nova Scotia
's Cape Breton Regional Municipality
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A fishing
village, its coordinates are 46°00'N, 59°51'W. A large lobster fishing fleet is homeported in the community and each spring at the start of lobster
fishing season, the local parish priest holds a blessing of the fleet service dockside to pray for the safety of fishermen.
It once had an elementary school, with classes from grades primary to six, but it and several others were combined in 2000 into Riverside Elementary School, and the building has housed the Coastal Discovery Centre since 2004.
The centre includes the Fisherman's museum
, The Big Wave Café and the local library, all of which had previously been housed elsewhere in the community. There are also numerous computers available for public use through the C@P program, weekly card games and is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.
Less than 1/2 a km away from the discovery center you will find a beautiful sandy beach that stretches along the coast for more than a km. A boardwalk was constructed along this beach sometime around 1995.
It is the most easterly community in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
's Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Regional Municipality often shortened to simply CBRM, is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton County.According to the 2006 Census of Canada, the population within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is 102,250...
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A fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
village, its coordinates are 46°00'N, 59°51'W. A large lobster fishing fleet is homeported in the community and each spring at the start of lobster
Lobster
Clawed lobsters comprise a family of large marine crustaceans. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate.Though several groups of crustaceans are known as lobsters, the clawed lobsters are most...
fishing season, the local parish priest holds a blessing of the fleet service dockside to pray for the safety of fishermen.
It once had an elementary school, with classes from grades primary to six, but it and several others were combined in 2000 into Riverside Elementary School, and the building has housed the Coastal Discovery Centre since 2004.
The centre includes the Fisherman's museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
, The Big Wave Café and the local library, all of which had previously been housed elsewhere in the community. There are also numerous computers available for public use through the C@P program, weekly card games and is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.
Less than 1/2 a km away from the discovery center you will find a beautiful sandy beach that stretches along the coast for more than a km. A boardwalk was constructed along this beach sometime around 1995.
It is the most easterly community in Nova Scotia.