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Place Name
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Yarmouth
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Pronunciation
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YAHR-muhth
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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7,781 (1991)
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Location
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Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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43°50'N
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Longitude
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66°07'W
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Yarmouth
(YAHR-muhth), city (1991 pop. 7,781), SW N.S., Canada,
on the Atlantic Ocean; 43°50'N 66°07'W. It is a port, with exports
of lumber, fish, berries, and Irish moss. Mfg. (wood prods., iron
prods., textiles). Yarmouth, a summer resort and tourist center, has 2
ferry connections with Maine (Portland and Bar Harbor). The region was
visited (1604) by Champlain, who named it Cap Fourchu, and it became a
Fr. fishing settlement. In 1759 a few settlers came to the site of the
city from Yarmouth, Mass., and called it after their former home. The
city was founded in 1761, when a larger group of settlers came from
Sandwich, Mass. They were followed by Acadians (1767) from the Grand
Pre dist. and by United Empire Loyalists (1785).
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