Dingwall, Nova Scotia

Dingwall (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain) is an unincorporated area of approximately 600 residents in the Aspy Bay region of the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Richard Brown was at one time believed to have been lost at sea in a gale while on a voyage from Sydney to Halifax, but despite heavy damage reached its destination after being blown far off course.

Mr. Dingwall soon made an application for a post office and subsequently lobbied the government to change the town's name.

[4] Located on northeastern Cape Breton Island in the Aspy Bay, Dingwall has traditionally been a fishing community, which remains the town's primary industry, along with tourism.

Each spring the channel had to be dredged and, toward the end of the shipping season, cargo size was reduced to keep the vessels afloat.

Built in 1917, the lighthouse guided ships through the Gulf of St. Lawrence for approximately 100 years before being moved to Dartmouth at the Canadian Coast Guard Maritime base.