Pirate Harbour is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.
[1] The community is located just south of Mulgrave, on the west side of the Strait of Canso.
"[2] The name Pirate Harbour was allegedly given because the space between the small island and the cove provided safe anchorage and a hiding place for pirates such as Captain Kidd and Paul Jones.
[2] A settlement was established in 1785, and early settlers included John Wilson and John Peeples, who each received a thousand-acre grant there in 1785.
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