Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada is a small coastal village best known internationally as the birthplace of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, a prominent peace and disarmament movement.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
country Canada
hasAreaCode 782
902
hasBodyOfWater Pugwash Harbour
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCounty Cumberland County
hasCulturalHeritage Mi’kmaq heritage
Scottish heritage
hasEconomicRole service centre for surrounding rural area
hasEvent Pugwash Gathering of the Clans
Pugwash Harbourfest
hasHarbour Pugwash Harbour
hasHeritageSite Thinkers’ Lodge National Historic Site of Canada
hasIndustry agriculture
fishing
salt mining
tourism
hasLandmark Pugwash Peace Hall
Thinkers’ Lodge
hasMainHighway Nova Scotia Highway 6
Nova Scotia Trunk 6
hasMotto World Famous for Peace
hasNameEtymology derived from Mi’kmaq word often interpreted as "deep water" or "shallow water"
hasNearbyAttraction Northumberland Shore beaches
golf courses
hasNearbyCity Amherst, Nova Scotia
Moncton, New Brunswick
Truro, Nova Scotia
hasNotableRecognition associated with Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Pugwash Conferences and Joseph Rotblat in 1995
hasOriginalInhabitants Mi’kmaq people
hasPopulationScale small village
hasPortFunction small fishing port
hasPostalCodePrefix B0K
hasProvince Nova Scotia
hasRecreation warm-water beaches on Northumberland Strait
hasSettlementType village
knownFor Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
nuclear disarmament advocacy
peace movement
locatedIn Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
locatedInRegion North Shore of Nova Scotia
locatedInTimeZone Atlantic Time Zone
locatedOn Northumberland Strait
Pugwash River
partOf Municipality of the County of Cumberland


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