Cape Forchu
Cape Forchu is a Canadian fishing community and headland of the same name in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Canada
- Also known as: “Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Forchu Lighthouse and Bunker Island lighthouse.
Cape Forchu Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cape Forchu Lighthouse is located in Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. The lighthouse is located 11 km from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Bunker Island
Island
Bunker Island is a peninsula located in Yarmouth Harbour in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. It contains a lighthouse which is nicknamed Bug Light by the locals. In the past, it also contained Irving oil tanks and a wharf. The tanks were removed in 2017.
Cape Forchu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.80699° or 43° 48′ 25″ northLongitude
-66.15858° or 66° 9′ 31″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
87MMRR4R+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1140496974OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Cape Forchu” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “佛祖角”
- Dutch: “Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia”
- Dutch: “Cape Forchu”
- Japanese: “フォーチュー岬”
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