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The port is served by tugs of Svitzer Towing such as the tug Point Chebucto. Historically, it was a stop for American coastal steam ships. Located in neighbouring Point Tupper, the Port Hawkesbury Mill began operation in 1962. The overwhelming majority of the paper produced is exported to the United States.
NewPage was a leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2012. NewPage was headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, and owned paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These mills have a total annual production capacity of ...
History. Before settlement, the area was known as Tui'knek, meaning "at the out flow" in Mi'kmawi'simk.. Extensive land grants in the area were acquired in 1863 by Henry Nicholas Paint, of Belle Vue, Canso, member of Parliament for Richmond (Nova Scotia electoral district), who started to promote a township on the site, a project which he continued doggedly until his death in 1921.
The Canso Causeway was built at a narrow location on the Strait of Canso, about 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) northwest of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave, crossing from Cape Porcupine near Auld's Cove on the Nova Scotia side to Port Hastings on the Cape Breton side. About 10,092,000 t (9,933,000 long tons) of rock for building the causeway was quarried ...
Median Income*. $45,687 CDN. Median household income, 2005 (all households) Inverness County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada located on Cape Breton Island. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Inverness, the town of Port Hawkesbury and the Whycocomagh 2 Waycobah First Nation reserve.
Port Hawkesbury Paper (Point Tupper) Municipal utilities. There are six municipal utilities currently operating in the province. The municipal utilities jointly own the Municipal Electric Utilities of Nova Scotia Cooperative Ltd. (MEUNS). Together, they serve under 15,000 people, or about 2% of the provincial population.
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] Environment Canada [2] Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport [3] ( IATA: YPS, ICAO: CYPD) is a registered aerodrome located 2.1 nautical miles (3.9 km; 2.4 mi) north of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. A short drive from the "gateway of Cape Breton Island" at the Canso Causeway, the airport is ...
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. Occupation. businessman. William Joseph (Billy Joe) MacLean (born November 24, 1936) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Inverness South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1981 to 1988. He represented the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party until he was expelled as an ...