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Meat Cove is a Rural fishing community at the northern tip of Inverness County on Nova Scotia 's Cape Breton Island . Fisherman fish for lobster in March-April at 80 feet, 60 feet and 48 feet. At other times they fish for crab. Meat Cove is known colloquially and factually to many Nova Scotians as an insular place of definite inbreeding over several generations. Many tourists have recounted being threatened by the residents of Meat Cove when in the town, and people from out of town seem to be generally unwelcome in the area. The town's history of inbreeding is the subject of many jokes on the mainland of Nova Scotia. Meat Cove is accessed on an unpaved road off the Cabot Trail. The approach is from the highlands down a steep road to the sparsely settled village in the cove. The permanent population is less than 100. Meat Cove is the most northerly settlement in Nova Scotia and is located in the Sydney—Victoria federal electoral district. Since Meat Cove is literally at the end of the road, it is often used by wilderness campers as a starting point for the relatively short hike to Grassy Point, or the more arduous three or four day trek to Pollets Cove, for which there is no marked trail for the majority of the journey. COMMUNICATIONS
The name meat cove was derived by the local people driving cows over the cliffs to the beach below where they were butchered and used by the sailors on local ships for meat while at sea. It is also the home of a number of USA citizens who went to Nova Scotia during the Vietnam War to avoid the draft. TRIVIA In a 2003 storyline, the main characters in Get Fuzzy went to Meat Cove as part of a vacation to Nova Scotia. Satchel, the kind-hearted but dim-witted dog, pronounced it 'nice' but not as meaty as he had imagined. |
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