until 1756. Economy Traditional industries have included mining, forestry and fishing. Many residents have established their fishing businesses in Port Bickerton due to the geographic advantages provided by that port, however several deep-sea fishing vessels use Country Harbour for transferring their cargo to land-based transport. Country Harbour once had an extensive gold mining industry. However, the last serious attempt at mining this resource took place in the early 1980s with the opening of the Forest Hills Gold Mine. Nothing of significant value was recovered from this operation, and it closed after several years. In neighbouring Goldboro, the Sable Offshore Energy Project pipeline comes ashore from natural gas fields 200 km offshore at Sable Island. There, a gas liquids separation plant operates which sends gas liquids on a pipeline to a plant at Point Tupper and the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline carries the pure natural gas westward to markets in the Maritimes and New England. Country Harbour has few significant employment opportunities aside from the traditional primary resource industries. Many residents tend to commute to Antigonish or even as far as New Glasgow, Port Hawkesbury and Halifax for employment, however the majority of the community is retirees. The area is within the district of Guysborough but is served by St. Mary's Education Centre and St. Mary's Academy in nearby Sherbrooke. Notable residence Maria Morris Miller - painter Endnote Citations References External links Country Harbour - Loyalists Trail Country Harbour on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Mining communities in Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia Conflicts in Nova Scotia