Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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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". It is the second most southern city in Canada.

Downtown Yarmouth during the summer

Initially called Port 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. When steamships started to take over, the town declined.

Contents

1 Tourism
2 Neighbourhoods
3 Demographics
4 Radio stations in Yarmouth
5 External links

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.

In 1998 operation of the Bar Harbor route was transferred to Bay Ferries Limited which currently operates a high-speed catamaran ferry - HSC Incat 059, which is marketed as "The Cat".

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 New York Islanders a team in the National Hockey League had their training camp for the 2005 NHL season in Yarmouth at the Mariners Centre[link]. The team has not been to Canada for training camp since a mid-'90s visit to Kitchener, Ontario, when Don Maloney was GM and Mike Milbury was coach. They are also home to the Yarmouth Mariners a Maritime Junior A Hockey League Team.

Neighbourhoods

North End, Yarmouth
*Residential. Newer homes, medium to high income housing.
Centertown, Yarmouth
*Tourism area, boutiques and shops. Older historical homes, low to medium income housing.
South End, Yarmouth
*Residential. Older homes, lower income housing.

Demographics

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Statistics 2004
Population: 8,763 (rises above 10,000 in summer time)
Town Area: 10.56km
Population Density: 780.9/km²
Median Household Income: Unknown
Median House Value: Unknown
Private Dwell: 3,353
Median Age: 39.5
Mayor: Charles Crosby

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%

Racial make-up 2001

White 93.66%
Black 3.44%
South Asian 1.38%
Chinese 1.12%
Arab 0.40%

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

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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