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| Place | Round Bay |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Shelburne |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 43.592907 |
| Longitude | -65.351898 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | CBGMX |
Round Bay is a community in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Round Bay is located at 43.5929°N, 65.3519°W.
Round Bay nestles in a gentle curve along the Atlantic coast, a place where the land dips and rises in soft, green humps towards the sea. It lies 19.1 km south of Shelburne, NS (from Shelburne, NS: bearing 187°T), and is situated 12.9 km south of Sandy Point. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a briny tang mixed with the sweet, damp scent of spruce and fir, a perfume that clings to the weathered clapboard houses and the tenacious wildflowers that bloom in their untended gardens. Gulls wheel and cry overhead, their calls a constant, restless punctuation to the quiet hum of daily life, and the distant, rhythmic sigh of waves breaking on unseen shores forms a steady bass note. The terrain is a mosaic of rocky outcrops, patches of resilient forest, and small, sheltered meadows, all meticulously carved by millennia of wind and water. The history of Round Bay is as deeply layered as the peat bogs that dot the interior, a testament to generations who found sustenance and shelter in this rugged corner of the Maritimes. For centuries, fishing was the lifeblood of Round Bay, its narrow harbour a safe haven for boats returning with their silver bounty. While the grand schooners of yesteryear are gone, replaced by smaller vessels and a diversification into aquaculture, the echo of that maritime past persists in the stoic faces of its inhabitants and the salt-bleached timbers of old wharves. The local economy, though now more varied with small businesses and a growing tourism interest in its scenic beauty, still owes a profound debt to the sea, its rhythms dictating the pace of life and the very character of Round Bay.
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Location data for Round Bay is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |