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Initially called Port Forchu, Yarmouth was first laid out in 1759 and incorporated in 1890 . Through the 19th Century it was a major Shipbuilding centre, at one point making more ships per capita than any other port in the world. When Steamship s started to take over, the town declined. TOURISM Tourism has been a major industry in Yarmouth since the late 19th Century when the Dominion Atlantic Railway and Halifax And Southwestern Railway began to offer connections for its passengers with steamship services operating to New York City and Boston . This continued until the Second World War when the services were terminated. Canadian National Railways instituted a Ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine in the 1950s and this was continued by CN Marine and Marine Atlantic until 1997 . In 1998 operation of the Bar Harbor route was transferred to Bay Ferries Limited which currently operates a high-speed catamaran ferry - HSC ''Incat 059'', which is marketed as " The Cat ". In the 1970s an American tourist cruise company, Prince of Fundy Cruises, began operating a conventional cruise-ferry between Portland, Maine , and Yarmouth. This operation continued as Scotia Prince Cruises until April 2005, when it was ceased due to dangerous levels of Toxic Mold at the terminal in Portland. The ferry service between Yarmouth and Portland has been resumed by The Cat (2006) on weekends. Also, controversial attempts are under way with town officials in nearby Shelburne, Nova Scotia , to create a Shelburne-to-Boston ferry, with claims that this would be ready for the 2006 summer season, but nothing has been finalised. The for training camp since a mid-'90s visit to Kitchener Ont. , when Don Maloney was GM and Mike Milbury was coach. They are also home to the Yarmouth Mariners a Maritime Junior A Hockey League Team. DEMOGRAPHICS Language(s) First Learned and Still Understood 2001 Racial make-up 2001
Religious make-up 2001
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