Ecum Secum is a rural community on the Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)

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 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...

, Canada

Canada

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. It straddles the boundary between Guysborough County

Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County was divided in 1836.In 1840, the Township of St. Mary's, in Guysborough...

 and Halifax Regional Municipality.

Located on Ecum Secum Harbour (which is divided by the county line), the community is tied to the fishing

Fishing

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 industry. Several communities in Halifax County to the west also share the name, including Ecum Secum Bridge and Ecum Secum West.

Its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq language

Mi'kmaq language

The Mi'kmaq language is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 9,100 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States out of a total ethnic Mi'kmaq population of roughly 20,000. The word Mi'kmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' ; the adjectival form is Míkmaw...

 and means "a red house". The community is approximately 30 minutes east of Sheet Harbour

Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

Sheet Harbour is a small community on the eastern shore of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada in the Musquodoboit/Sheet Harbour region of the Marine Drive on Trunk 7, 87.44 kilometers from Halifax.-History:...

 and 30 minutes west of Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia

Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.Sherbrooke is nestled between Sherbrooke Lake and St. Mary's River...

 on Trunk 7, also known as the Marine Drive

Marine Drive (Nova Scotia)

The Marine Drive is a designated scenic route along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. It closely follows the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the Strait of Canso from the Canso Causeway to the junction of Route 322 and Highway 111 in Dartmouth....

.

The first Europeans to settle in the Ecum Secum area were Loyalists

Loyalist (American Revolution)

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 in the 1770s.

Communications

• Postal Code
  Postal code
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    B0J 2K0

• Telephone exchange
  Telephone exchange
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    347

• Area Code  902

Climate