Port Hood, Nova Scotia
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Port Hood is a quiet seaside village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island and the shire town of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Local residents are predominantly English speaking Roman Catholics, the population core having Highland Scottish ancestry; MacDonalds/MacDonnells mostly. The village is located on Nova Scotia Highway 19 (the "Ceilidh Trail"), approximately 30 minutes drive north from the Canso Causeway which links mainland Nova Scotia to Cape Breton Island.
Construction of Nova Scotia Highway 105 (the Trans-Canada Highway) between North Sydney and the Canso Causeway in the 1960s resulted in the re-routing of most Cabot Trail tourism traffic. The Cabot Tail is now advertised with its start and end-point in Baddeck, bypassing the traditional western approach to the Cabot Trail through Judique, Port Hood, Inverness and Margaree Harbour, and thus decreasing tourism traffic on the Ceilidh Trail.
Port Hood is also the birthplace of all-star (ice) hockey player, Al MacInnis.
Port Hood Island is located just off-shore from the village of Port Hood.