Guysborough
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Guysborough Baile Mhainisdear (Gaelic) | |
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| Village | |
 Guysborough Harbour
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  Guysborough
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| Coordinates: 45°23′30″N 61°30′30″W / 45.39167°N 61.50833°WCoordinates: 45°23′30″N 61°30′30″W / 45.39167°N 61.50833°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Nova Scotia
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| County | Guysbrorough County |
| Municipality | Municipal District of Guysborough |
| Founded | 1600s |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 922 |
| • Density | 302.1/km2 (782/sq mi) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Postal code | B0H 1N0 |
| Area code(s) | 902 |
| Telephone Exchange | 533 |
| Total Dwellings | 437 |
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia | |
Guysborough (population: 922) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municipal district. It is home to the Alder Grounds, Boggy Lake, Bonnett Lake Barrens, and Canso Coastal Barrens Wilderness Areas. The community is named after Sir Guy Carleton.
The Mi'kmaq name for the village of Guysborough was Chedabuctou. The Prince Henry Sinclair Society of North America believe he landed at Chedabucto Bay in 1398. The monument was erected on November 17, 1996. It is a fifteen-ton granite boulder with a black granite narrative plaque located at Halfway Cove on Trunk 16 in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
The village of Guysborough was first settled by Europeans in 1634 by Isaac de Razilly. He built a fort named Fort St François à Canso at the entrance to the harbour. In 1655 Nicolas Denys, governor of the new St Lawrence Bay Province, built Fort Chedabuctou on Fort Point to serve as his capital. The fort was later replaced and renamed Fort St Louis.
In 1682, a permanent settlement was started by Clerbaud Bergier. A group cleared land and spent the winter with the first crops being planted in 1683. Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval landed at Chedabouctou in 1687 when arriving to take up his position as governor of Acadia.
Claude Bergier led other merchants from La Rochelle, France in enjoying a fishing monopoly in Acadia. In 1682, Fort St. Louis was established by the Company of Acadia (Compagnie de la Peche Sedentaire) to protect the fishery. The principal ports were at Chedabucto Bay, which accounted for fifty fishers in 1686. Dauphin de Montorgueil was the commandant at Fort Saint-Louis.
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