Guysborough Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Guysborough
The community is named after Sir Guy Carleton (Guy's borough). The Mi'kmaq (Aboriginal) name for the village of Guysborough was Chedabuctou. The village of Guysborough was settled by Europeans in 1634. Isaac de Razilly built a fort named Fort St François à Canso at the entrance to the harbour. In 1655, Nicolas Denys, governor of the new St Lawrence Bay Province, built Fort Chedabuctou on Fort Point to serve as his capital. The fort was replaced and renamed Fort St Louis in 1682 by the Company of Acadia to protect the fishery. In 1682, a permanent settlement was started by Clerbaud Bergier. A group cleared land and planted crops in 1683. The Acadians in this region left in the Acadian Exodus of 1749–1755, and those that remained were expelled by the British. British settlers renamed the tow
Top Attractions in Guysborough
Explore the best things to see and do in Guysborough:
- ★Authentic Seacoast Properties
- ★Osprey Shores Golf Resort
- ★Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum
- ★The Old Guysborough Court House Museum
- ★Tor Bay Provincial Park
Where to Eat in Guysborough
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Days Gone By Bakery
- 🍴DesBarres Manor Inn
- 🍴Riverside Dining Room
Where to Stay in Guysborough
- 🏨Boylston Provincial Park
- 🏨DesBarres Manor Inn
- 🏨Liscombe Lodge Resort
- 🏨Osprey Shores Golf Resort
Guysborough Travel Guide Sections
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