Barrington, Nova Scotia (community)

Coordinates: 43°33′46″N 65°33′42″W / 43.56278°N 65.56167°W

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Barrington
Community
Barrington Location of Barrington, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°33′46″N 65°33′42″W / 43.562778°N 65.561667°W / 43.562778; -65.561667^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Shelburne
Municipal district	Barrington
Population (2006)^[2]
• Total	3,856
• Change (2001-06)	3.2%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	B0W 1E0
Area code	902
Access Routes Hwy 103	Trunk 3 Route 309

Barrington is an unincorporated Canadian rural community of about 4,000 people on the northeast corner of Barrington Bay^[1] in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.

Barrington is part of the much larger Municipality of the District of Barrington, also wholly within Shelburne County.

History

Barrington's inhabitants are mostly descendants of the first settlers from Chatham and Harwich on Cape Cod, Massachusetts who emigrated to the area during the 1760s. One such settler was Solomon Kendrick, father of John Kendrick, explorer and maritime fur trader. Solomon moved from Harwich, Cape Cod, to Barrington in the 1760s.^[3]

In popular culture

Disguised as "Barringford," Barrington is the main setting of Canadian novelist Hugh Hood's debut 1964 novel, White Figure, White Ground.

References

^ ^a ^b Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Barrington^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Government of Nova Scotia: Barrington
^ Ridley, Scott (2010). Morning of Fire: John Kendrick's Daring American Odyssey in the Pacific. Harper Collins. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-06-202019-2.

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Barrington on Destination Nova Scotia

Places adjacent to Barrington, Nova Scotia (community)

Barrington Head

Clyde River

Barrington Bay

Barrington

Coffinscroft

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