YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA

'Yarmouth' is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is sometimes referred to as "The Gateway to Nova Scotia".

History

Evangeline wharf, circa 1910.

Fishing Boats in Yarmouth, NS.

Nova Scotia Firefighter's Museum, Yarmouth, NS.

The townsite may have been visited by Leif Erikson and his Norsemen in 1007; a Runic Stone was found at the nearby village of Overton in 1812. It is said to be carved by Erikkson and the stone is located at the Yarmouth County Historical Society Museum.
The region was visited in 1604 by Samuel de Champlain, who named it Cap Fourchu, and it became a French fishing settlement. In 1759 settlers came to the townsite from Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and named it Yarmouth after their former home. The town was founded in 1761, when a larger group of settlers came from Sandwich, Massachusetts. They were then followed by Acadians in 1767 from the Grand Pré district and by United Empire Loyalists in 1785.
Initially called Cape Forchu, Yarmouth was first laid out in 1759 and incorporated in 1890. Through the 19th century it was a major shipbuilding centre, at one point making more ships per capita than any other port in the world.
The town had an air base in WWII (RCAF Station Yarmouth which included East and West Camp near the current site of the YArmouth Airport. The Infantry base on Parade Street also trained 20000 men during the war, primarily basic training and artillery trainig.

Tourism

Tourism has been a major industry in Yarmouth since the late 19th century when the Dominion Atlantic Railway and Halifax and Southwestern Railway began to offer connections for its passengers with steamship services operating to New York City and Boston. This continued until the Second World War when the services were terminated. Canadian National Railways instituted a ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine in the 1950s and this was continued by CN Marine and Marine Atlantic until 1997. Access to Yarmouth is primarily by Highway 101 - North Shore, Highway 103 - South Shore, the Yarmouth Airport and ''The Cat'' - Bay Ferries: ''see below''.
In 1998 operation of the Bar Harbor route was transferred to Bay Ferries Limited which currently operates a high-speed catamaran ferry - HSC ''The Cat''.

Lighthouse in Yarmouth, NS

In the 1970s an American tourist cruise company, Prince of Fundy Cruises, began operating a conventional cruise-ferry between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth. This operation continued as Scotia Prince Cruises until April 2005, when it was ceased due to dangerous levels of toxic mold at the terminal in Portland. The ferry service between Yarmouth and Portland has been resumed by The Cat (2006) on weekends.
The town is only located a few kilometers away from the well-known Cape Forchu Lighthouse which is located in the small village of Cape Forchu. The lighthouse is stationed at the end of the peninsula that guards Yarmouth Harbour.

Sports

Downtown Yarmouth at dawn.

The New York Islanders a team in the National Hockey League had their training camp for the 2005-06 NHL season and 2006-07 NHL season in Yarmouth at the Mariners Centre [1]. The team had not been to Canada for training camp since a mid-'90s visit to Kitchener, Ontario, when Don Maloney was general manager and Mike Milbury was coach. The Islanders will not be returning next September. They have opted to go to Moncton.

★ Yarmouth is also home to the Yarmouth Mariners a Maritime Junior A Hockey League Team.

★ South End Yarmouth is home to the only golf course in town and one of the oldest in Nova Scotia, the Yarmouth Links.

Education

The town of Yarmouth is home to a high school an adult high school, a junior high school and three elementary schools. It is also home to a Nova Scotia Community College campus and the Dalhousie University School of Nursing.

Colleges

★ Dalhousie University - School of Nursing

★ NSCC Burridge Campus - North End Yarmouth

Adult High Schools

★ Yarmouth Adult High School (adults only) - North End Yarmouth

High Schools

★ Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (10-12) - Centretown Yarmouth

Junior High Schools

★ Yarmouth Junior High School (7-9) - Centretown Yarmouth

★ Maple Grove Education Centre (7-9) - Hebron, Yarmouth

Elementary Schools

★ Meadowfields Community School (pr to 6) - North End Yarmouth

★ South Centennial Elementary School (pr to 6) - South End Yarmouth

★ Yarmouth Central Elementary School (pr to 6) - Centretown Yarmouth

Neighbourhoods

A street in 'North End Yarmouth'

Downtown Yarmouth, showing the main street

Yarmouth, NS town hall

★ North End, Yarmouth

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★ ''Residential. low to high income homes ''.

★ Centertown, Yarmouth

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★ ''Tourism area, boutiques and shops. Older historical homes, Low to high income homes''.

★ South End, Yarmouth

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★ ''Residential. Low to high income homes''.

Notable past residents

★ Heather Crowe

★ Evelyn Gigantes

★ Dependent Music a Canadian independent record label that formed in Yarmouth.

★ Jody Shelley, NHL hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets

★ Izaak Walton Killam, was one of Canada's most eminent financiers.

★ Kenneth G. T. Webster
Loran Ellis Baker Founder of the Canadian Tourism Industry

Demographics

Statistics 2006
Population: 7,162
Town Area: 10.56km
Population Density: 678.2/km²
Median Household Income: Not known until 2006 info census released
Median House Value: Not known until 2006 census info released
Private Dwell: Not known until 2006 census info released
Median Age: Not known until 2006 census info released
Mayor: Charles Crosby

'Racial make-up' 2001

★ White 93.66%

★ Black 3.44%

★ South Asian 1.38%

★ Chinese 1.12%

★ Arab 0.40%
'Language(s) First Learned and Still Understood' 2001

★ English only 89.13%

★ French only 10.58%

★ Both English and French 0.16%

★ Other languages 0.13%
'Religious make-up' 2001

★ Catholic 44.77%

★ Protestant 36.48%

★ Hindu 0.68%

★ Jewish 0.26%

★ Sikh 0.26%

★ No religious affiliation 17.02%

Radio stations in Yarmouth

CJLS-FM

★ 92.1 FM - CBHY (CBC Radio One)

★ 93.5 FM - CJLS (The Wave)

★ 94.7 FM - CJLS (The Wave)

★ 95.5 FM - CJLS (The Wave)

★ 104.1 FM - CIFA (Acadian community radio)

★ 107.3 FM - CBAF (La Première Chaîne)

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References

External links

★ Yarmouth official town government Website

★ YarmouthCounty.com provides Information and Resources for the residents, businesses, and visitors to Yarmouth County And Surrounding Areas.

★ Yarmouth County Pod Casting

★ Yarmouth Guide - Directory, Event Calender, News, Weather

★ Yarmouth Community Forum

★ Yarmouth Nova Scotia Website

★ Yarmouth Classifieds

★ Yarmouth County Classifieds

★ Yarmouth Nova Scotia Photo Website

★ The Coal Shed Music Festival

★ Yarmouth Nova Scotia Pictures Website

★ Yarmouth Bands Website

★ Yarmouth County Newsletter

★ Yarmouth County Blog

★ Yarmouth Community Calendar

★ Yarmouth County Community Calendar

★ Yarmouth County Museum & Archives

★ Yarmouth Dining, Attractions, Shopping, Accommodations, Clubs, Tours, Transportation

★ Evangel Assembly

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