Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia
Indian Harbour is a small
History
Indian Harbour was founded in the early 18th century.[citation needed] The first recorded person to live in Indian Harbour was John Ormsby in 1784.[citation needed] The first and the oldest house in Indian Harbour is still standing today at the age of over 250 years.[citation needed]
Indian Harbour is located next to the popular tourist destination
Indian Harbour's roads were dirt and had to be up kept by the locals until 1955 when
In recent years one of Canada's biggest air disasters took place over the Atlantic Ocean near St. Margarets Bay. On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed just off the coast; all 229 people on board died. Today in the memory of all 229 crew and passengers there is a memorial in the community just before entering the Peggy's Cove area.
Nova Scotian singer Anne Murray use to own a beach in Indian Harbour, on the Paddy's Head Peninsula, she allowed the public to use the beach, but the property was sold in 1999.[citation needed]
Schools
Indian Harbour has had three schools in its history. The first school was built in 1878 and is said to have burnt down; it was located on the Government Wharf Road, 50 yards from the Baptist church.[
Swissair Flight 111
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On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed into St. Margaret's Bay with the loss of all 229 aboard. One of two memorials to the victims of the disaster is located at The Whalesback, in Indian Harbour. The other is located at Bayswater, Nova Scotia, on the Aspotogan Peninsula on the western shore of the bay. The two monuments and the actual crash site are at the vertices of a roughly equilateral triangle across the bay.
The monument at Whalesback reads in English and French: "In memory of the 229 men, women and children aboard Swissair Flight 111 who perished off these shores September 2nd, 1998. They have been joined to the sea, and the sky. May they rest in peace."
The three notches represent the numerals 111. The sight line from the three grooves in the stone points to the crash site, while the markings on the facing stone point to the memorial at Bayswater. The memorial wall at Bayswater contains the names of the 229 passengers and crew of Flight 111. The facing stone points to the crash site.
Transit
Currently there are no buses running from Halifax to Indian Harbour; the closest bus route is in Tantallon where the "
Television
Indian Harbour gets all of the local television from Halifax. The following television stations air in St. Margarets Bay:
Local business
Local businesses include Rhubarb Restaurant, Make and Break Cafe, YardArm Restaurant, the King Neptune Campground, the Oceanstone Inn and Cottages,
References
- ^ "Indian Harbour (Paddy's Head), NS," accessed July 10, 2011, http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1035.
- ^ "Oceanstone Inn and Cottages by the Sea," accessed July 10, 2011, http://www.oceanstone.ns.ca/ Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Clifty Cove Motel," accessed July 10, 2011, http://cliftycovemotel.com/.