Cow Bay, Nova Scotia

Cow Bay
—  Community  —
Location of Cow Bay, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°37′15″N 63°25′32″W / 44.62083°N 63.42556°W / 44.62083; -63.42556Coordinates: 44°37′15″N 63°25′32″W / 44.62083°N 63.42556°W / 44.62083; -63.42556
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Halifax Regional Municipality
Founded	1763
Area
- Land	5.78 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation	0-42 m (-138 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	1,219
- Density	210.7/km2 (545.7/sq mi)
	From Stats Canada [1]
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Canadian Postal code	B3G
Area code(s)	902
Canadian Census Tract	0121.03
GNBC Code	CAIAU
Website	http://www.bigthings.ca/scotia/cowbay.html
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

On Marine Drive

Cow Bay is a community within Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Eastern Shore on Route 322 along the scenic Marine Drive.

History

The community was named after Robert Cowie who, with Roger Hill, received a land grant in the area in 1763. In the 1840s, the latest known ancestors of Cow Bay are the Myers and the Moshers. The beach which extends for a kilometre and a half was a popular destination for people from Dartmouth area by 1850. In the 1930s, a dance hall and canteen were built but unfortunately, over time, the Silver Sands Beach, was being destroyed by the removal of sand for construction of the container piers in Halifax Harbour and to build the runway at CFB Shearwater Airport. Removal of sand left the beaches vulnerable to the erosion of the tides until the Nova Scotia Government decided to step in and pass legislation to protect sand from beaches from being removed.^{[citation needed]}

Notable residents

• Edith Archibald

References

• Hrm Civic Addressing Map

External links

• Cow Bay Moose
• Moose Painting