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Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

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The coastal town of Parrsboro is located on the west coast of Nova Scotia (on the Minas Basin, at the northeast end of the Bay of Fundy).

Parrsboro is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Parrsboro lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Parrsboro, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Parrsboro had a population of 1,401 people<2>. This is a decrease of 8.37% since the previous Census (with 1,529 people in 2001).

With 1,401 people, Parrsboro represented 3.38% of the total population of Nova Scotia, making it the province's 24th most populous community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>
 Diligent River   W6 mi [9.66 km]
 Fox River   W10 mi [16.09 km]
 Halfway River   N8 mi [12.87 km]
 Harrison Settlement   NW9 mi [14.48 km]
 Lower Five Islands   E10 mi [16.09 km]
 Lynn   NE11 mi [17.7 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Parrsboro.

Website for Parrsboro

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for Parrsboro, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Parrsboro. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Official Website:   www.town.parrsboro.ns.ca/
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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Parrsboro:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Parrsboro? Please visit the Map Page for Parrsboro.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Parrsboro - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Parrsboro and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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