Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Pugwash
Pugwash
Village
	Pugwash Lighthouse
	Seal
	Motto: World Famous for Peace
	Pugwash Location of Pugwash in Nova Scotia
	Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 63°39′40″W / 45.850°N 63.661°W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Cumberland
Founded	1807
Electoral Districts ; Federal	; Cumberland-Colchester
Provincial	Cumberland North
Government
• Governing Body	Pugwash Village Commission
• Chair	Brent Wilson
• MLA	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin Independent
• MP	Stephen Ellis (PC)
Area
• Total	9.80 km2 (3.78 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	746
• Density	76.2/km2 (197/sq mi)
Time zone	ATS
• Summer (DST)	Atlantic Standard Time
Postal Code	B0K 1L0
Area code	+1-902-243
Website	pugwashvillage.com

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.^[1] The name Pugwash is derived from the Mi'kmaq word Pakwesk (also written as Pagwĕsk), meaning "a shoal",^[2]^[3] in reference to a reef near the mouth of the harbour.

The village is home to fishing, salt mining, small-scale manufacturing, and tourism. Pugwash sits atop a salt deposit measuring 457.2 metres (1,500 ft) 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.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
^ Cumberland County Facts and Folklore – Laurie Glenn Norris, 2009, Nimbus Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55109-731-2
^ Ganong, William Francis, An organization of the scientific investigation of the Indian place-nomenclature of the Maritime Provinces of Canada p285 (Ottawa : Printed for the Royal Society of Canada, 1914: text at Columbia University Library Digital Collections)

[1] "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

[2] Cumberland County Facts and Folklore – Laurie Glenn Norris, 2009, Nimbus Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55109-731-2

[3] Ganong, William Francis, An organization of the scientific investigation of the Indian place-nomenclature of the Maritime Provinces of Canada p285 (Ottawa : Printed for the Royal Society of Canada, 1914: text at Columbia University Library Digital Collections)

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