East Bay, Nova Scotia
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East Bay is a community in the Canadian
province of Nova Scotia
, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island
. It is located on the south side of the Bras d'Or Lakes, with one public beach (East Bay Sandbar) and many, many, summer cottages with beach front property. Home of famous Fish & Chips, and East Bay Country Market, located on the Eskasoni turn off.
East Bay has one elementary school and a Catholic church, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, with mass every day at 10am and Saturday at 4pm. The community was the site of the College of East Bay (1824-1829) which was moved to Aricht and later Antigoinsh where it became St. Francis Xavier University
. St FX later opened a branch in Cape Breton which became the University College of Cape Breton, later Cape Breton University
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of 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...
, located in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
. It is located on the south side of the Bras d'Or Lakes, with one public beach (East Bay Sandbar) and many, many, summer cottages with beach front property. Home of famous Fish & Chips, and East Bay Country Market, located on the Eskasoni turn off.
East Bay has one elementary school and a Catholic church, St. Mary of the Assumption Church, with mass every day at 10am and Saturday at 4pm. The community was the site of the College of East Bay (1824-1829) which was moved to Aricht and later Antigoinsh where it became St. Francis Xavier University
St. Francis Xavier University
St. Francis Xavier University is a post-secondary institution located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The school was founded in 1853, but did not offer degrees until 1868. The university has approximately 5000 students.-History:...
. St FX later opened a branch in Cape Breton which became the University College of Cape Breton, later Cape Breton University