Eatonville, Nova Scotia

Eatonville is a former lumber and shipbuilding village in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It includes a large tidal harbour at the mouth of the Eatonville Brook beside several dramatic sea stacks known as the "Three Sisters". It was founded in 1826 and abandoned in the 1940s. The site of the village is now part of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park.

Eatonville, Nova Scotia
(formerly Three Sisters)
Eatonville Harbour, showing the site of the mill and shipyard
Eatonville, Nova Scotia
Location of Eatonville in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°25′12.5″N 64°54′55.2″W
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Founded1826
Abandonedcirca 1940
Population
  mid-1880s
350 (Peak)
Websitewww.novascotiaparks.ca/parks/cape-chignecto.asp#facilities
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