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Tor Bay is a small fishing community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County. It is located at the south-western end of a bay of the same name.

History

In the 1830s, fishing vessels of between 40 and 120 tons were being built here.

Tor Bay was the termination site of an early transatlantic telegraph cable laid in 1875 to Ballinskelligs, Ireland—a distance of 2,565 nautical miles (4,750 km). A cable laid in 1874 connected Tor Bay to Rye Beach, New Hampshire, United States—a distance of 536 nautical miles (993 km).

References

  1. "Tor Bay (Unincorporated place)". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Tor Bay (Bay)". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. Blunt, Edmund March (1833). The American Coast Pilot (12 ed.). New York: E. and G.W. Blunt. p. 117. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ Glover, Bill. "Direct United States Cable Company Cable Station ~ Rye Beach, New Hampshire". History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications. Atlantic Cable.


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