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Pugwash

Feature
Point
Name Pugwash
Indigenous Language of Origin Mi’kmaw, Mi’gmaw
Toponymic Feature ID b81f13a7afe711d892e2080020a0f4c9
Key CBEWM
Status Official
Concise Term VILG-Village
Generic Term Village
Location Cumberland
Province/Territory Nova Scotia
Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 45° 51′ 0″ N, 63° 39′ 37″ W
Latitude - Longitude (decimal) 45.850092, -63.660303
NTS Map Number 011E13
Relevance at Scale 1:2 000 000
Decision Date 1943-02-02
Source Nova Scotia-Department of Internal Services
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