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Port Hawkesbury (2001 population 3,701) is a town placed on the southwestern prevent of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A town, which was originally known as Ship Harbour, is the business & industrial centre for the moo a portion of Cape Breton. Major employers include the big chemicals & paper mill owned per Swedish company Stora Enso, a call center owned by EDS Canadthe, and a big coal dismissed power giving plant. Sad relics of failing industrial policies preceding include the mothballed petroleum refinery built by Gulf Oil in the early 1970s & the obsolete deuterium oxide plant built by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). A pattern is astir to become repeated withwithin 2007 by using a completion of an LNG terminal & associated facilities in nearby Bear Head. With modesty famous souls from either Port Hawkesbury include Cora Cluett, a widely shown painter & lensman (nowadays teaching at a University of Waterloo in Ontario), Glenn Peers, an authority on mediaeval art & iconography (teaching at a University of Texas at Austin), and Ian MacKinnon, a musician & occasional political candidate.
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Bob Martin Photographic Studios Includes information about products and services offered, photo gallery, FAQs, and contact details. Regional Occupational Centre A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of mentally challenged persons. Includes brief program information and contact details. 101.5 FM - The Hawk Offers local weather, Canada top twenty, contests, listen live, on air staff, program guide and contact information. The Wellness Centre Doctor monitored health and wellness programs, consulting, and guide books. Includes a wellness quiz, detailed information about programs available, and information and ordering details for their series of Body Owner's Manuals. Strait-Highlands Regional Development Agency Industrial/Business and Community Economic Development in a region with the deepest ice-free port in the world. Lists funding, development, business plan, strategic plan and contact details. Port Hawkesbury Elementary Campus There are two schools, Centennial Elementary for primary to grade four and Senior Elementary for grades five and six. Lists staff, yearbooks, school programs, calendars, class timings and policies. |
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