N.S. government sending more than $800K on Halls Harbour protections

A fishing boat rests on is keel in Halls Harbour, N.S. on the Bay of Fundy on April 22, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

An iconic fishing village in Nova Scotia is set to receive more than $800,000 from the provincial government with the goal of improving coastal infrastructure.

The Halls Harbour Community Development Association will receive $833,144 from the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund.

The Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities develops and administers the fund on behalf of the government.

The province says the money will help safeguard important coastal infrastructure that support the area’s fishery and tourism sectors.

“As a business owner that depends on safe, sustainable, climate-resilient infrastructure to get our seafood to global markets and keep our workers employed, I welcome this news. Since my family was welcomed to Halls Harbour in 1995, I have witnessed first-hand how climate change events have been impacting the harbour, roads, seawall and the economy of Halls Harbour,” said Rodger Cameron, the president of Cameron Seafoods Ltd.

“Thank you to everyone involved in securing this funding which will help ensure the community and the economy remain viable for generations.”

The association will use the money to:

• do a study on seawall and breakwater options to reduce the impacts of storms and erosion
• explore renewable energy and wharf upgrade options
• look at ways to improve coastal access to the community for residents, tourists, emergency services and the Canadian Coast Guard

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