Welcome to Port Hood Island ...
Although we found mention of Port Hood Island during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Port Hood Island was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Port Hood Island to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Hood Island, please Contact Us.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Hood Island, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1897.
A typical abbreviation for Port Hood Island: Prt. Hood Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Port Hood Island might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
We believe that Port Hood Island would be found within the (902) area code.
Communities near Port Hood Island ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Hood Island.
- Inverness
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inverness came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inverness <3>
- Little Judique Ponds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Glencoe Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe Station
- Hawthorne
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorne came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Maryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Southwest Mabou
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southwest Mabou came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Mabou
- West Mabou Harbour
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Mabou Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mabou Harbour
- Little Judique
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mabou Harbour Mouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Hood Island ...
Looking for more information about Port Hood Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Port Hood Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Hood Island.
Adding Port Hood Island to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Port Hood Island was on a map titled Map of Maritime Provinces of Canada (from Rand McNally, 1897).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Hood Island.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Port Hood Island and then turned west". While Port Hood Island could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Port Hood Island as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Port Hood Island could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |