Place:Pugwash, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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NamePugwash
TypeCommunity
Coordinates45.85°N 63.667°W
Located inCumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Pugwash is an incorporated village in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located on the Northumberland Strait at the mouth of the Pugwash River. It had a population of 746 as of the 2021 census. The name Pugwash is derived from the Mi'kmaq word, Pakwesk (also written as Pagwĕsk) meaning "a shoal", in reference to a reef near the mouth of the harbour.

The village is home to fishing, salt mining, and small-scale manufacturing, and tourism. Pugwash sits atop a salt deposit measuring thick and is home to the largest underground salt mine in Atlantic Canada, with shipments from its port, as well as by rail from a facility at Oxford Junction.

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