Herring Cove
Herring Cove is a Canadian suburban and former fishing community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. It is situated on the eastern shore of the Chebucto Peninsula, 15 km south of Downtown Halifax.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,790 residents
- Description: human settlement and cove in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Also known as: “Herring Cove, Nova Scotia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Pond and York Redoubt.
Long Pond
Pond
Long Pond is a lake in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is used both for swimming in the summer and skating in the winter. The lake is famous for being the “birthplace of hockey." Long ago, children from Windsor, Nova Scotia created the game now known as hockey and played it at Long Pond.
York Redoubt
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
York Redoubt is a redoubt situated on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Halifax Harbour at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, originally constructed in 1793. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1962. York Redoubt is situated 3 km north of Herring Cove.
Connaught Battery
Park
Connaught Battery is a World War I era harbour defence battery located north of York Redoubt at Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. It took its name from the then Governor General of Canada, the Duke of Connaught, who was Queen Victoria's third son. Connaught Battery is situated 3½ km north of Herring Cove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armdale and North End.
Armdale
Locality
Armdale is a neighbourhood of the community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Armdale is situated 9 km northwest of Herring Cove.
North End
Locality
Photo: Citobun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The North End of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of Downtown Halifax. North End is situated 10 km north of Herring Cove.
Herring Cove
- Categories: General Service Area, bay, and locality
- Location: Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.57128° or 44° 34′ 17″ northLongitude
-63.55827° or 63° 33′ 30″ westPopulation
2,790Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
87PRHCCR+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 6290121719OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5974316Wikidata ID
Q5744092
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Herring Cove” goes by many names.
- German: “herring cove”
- German: “Herring cove”
- Italian: “Herring Cove”
- Turkish: “Herring Cove”
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