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Yarmouth is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is sometimes referred to as "The Gateway to Nova Scotia".

Tourism has been a major industry in Yarmouth since the late 19th century when the Dominion Atlantic Railway and Halifax and Southwestern Railway began to offer connections for its passengers with steamship services operating to New York City and Boston. This continued until the Second World War when the services were terminated. Canadian National Railways instituted a ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine in the 1950s and this was continued by CN Marine and Marine Atlantic until 1997. Access to Yarmouth is primarily by Highway 101 - North Shore, Highway 103 - South Shore, the Yarmouth Airport and The Cat - Bay Ferries: see below. In 1998 operation of the Bar Harbor route was transferred to Bay Ferries Limited which currently operates a high-speed catamaran ferry - HSC Incat 059, which is marketed as "The Cat".

The town is only located a few kilometers away from the well-known Cape Forchu Lighthouse which is located in the small village of Cape Forchu. The lighthouse is stationed at the end of the peninsula that guards Yarmouth Harbour.

It is also home to a Nova Scotia Community College campus. NSCC Burridge Campus - North End Yarmouth.

South End Yarmouth is home to the only golf course in town and one of the oldest in Nova Scotia, the Yarmouth Links.

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