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This article is about the suburban community. For the water body, see Cole Harbour.

Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Places and Communities in Halifax Regional Municipality

Municipality:	Halifax Regional Municipality
Community Council:	Harbour East Community Council
Planning Area:	Cole Harbour & Westphal
Year Founded:	1754
Postal Code:	B2V , B2Z
Telephone Exchanges:	(902): 434 , 435
Cole Harbour & Westphal Neighbourhoods or Villages
Cole Harbour, Westphal, Waverley

^{* According to StatCan Census Year 2001}
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Cole Harbour in Nova Scotia

On Marine Drive

Cole Harbour is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.

[edit] Geography

It is situated 6 kilometres east of the central business district of Dartmouth and takes its name from Cole Harbour, a natural harbour fronting the Atlantic Ocean.

Cole Harbour is adjacent to and immediately east of the former city boundary of Dartmouth; prior to municipal amalgamation and the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1995, Cole Harbour was an unincorporated village within the Municipality of the County of Halifax.

[edit] Transportation

The centre of Cole Harbour is at the intersection of Forest Hills Parkway and Route 207 (Cole Harbour Road). A small business district is situated along Route 207 with several residential subdivisions such as Forest Hills and Colby Village located north and south of this road.

The Forest Hills Parkway links the community to Highway 107, while Cole Harbour Road becomes Portland Street further to the west in Dartmouth and links to Highway 111.

Extensive residential and commercial development took place during the 1970s and 1980s following completion of Highway 111 and the widening of Cole Harbour Road.

There are several Metro Transit bus routes connecting Cole Harbour with Dartmouth and Halifax, including MetroLink bus rapid transit service.

Until the mid-1980s, CN Rail operated a rail line from Dartmouth to Upper Musquodoboit with part of the route crossing the southern edge of the community. The abandoned rail corridor was converted to a rail trail named the Salt Marsh Trail and is part of the Trans Canada Trail.