Cole Harbour is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Guysborough County.
George Tanner of Lunenburg married widow Mary (Rhynold) Myers of Peas Brook on December 5, 1814 and moved to Cole Harbour in 1817 where they were later joined by her sisters Ann (Mrs. James Harrington) and Elizabeth (Mrs. Louis Uloth).
Dr. A.C. Jost suggests it may have been named for Captain Cole of the sloop William which was captured in the vicinity by a Spanish privateer in 1719.
Cole Harbour appears on the Des Barres Atlantic Neptune Map (done in the late 1760s) as Durham Inlet.
Research by Jamie Grant, Mark Haynes and Eric Emery Source material: A.C. Jost, Guysborough Sketches and Essays Harriet Hart, History of Guysborough County C. Bruce Fergusson, Place Names of Nova Scotia Crown Land Office map #55a