The community and cove are named for one of its early settlers, David Ballantyne, a lowland Scotsman and British soldier who served in the 82nd regiment during the American Revolution and who received a grant for military service.

[3] He settled in the area around 1810, taking up 1000 acres of land on the south side of the cape.

[2] Ballantyne's Cove shelters a Small Craft Harbour, managed by the Harbour Authority of Ballantyne's Cove[4] which is a principal trading point for Japanese merchants looking for sushi-grade Atlantic bluefin tuna.

[5] The harbour also hosts a 40 slip marina on floating docks with showers, washrooms, laundry facilities and fuel in addition to Ballantyne's Cove Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre as well as Ballantyne's Cove Beach.

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