Katherine Bickford

Belliveau Cove (Canadian French: Anse-des-Belliveau) is a historical Acadian community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the District of Clare in Digby County settled in 1768 on un-ceded Mi’kmaq territory.

A major centre of wooden shipbuilding in the 19th and early 20th century, Belliveau Cove built the second largest wooden ship ever constructed in Canada, the County of Yarmouth in 1884.

It is now a mixed community of citizens with diverse backgrounds, including Acadians.

The wooden pepper-shaker-style lighthouse on end of the north wharf was established in 1889 and existed until 1973 until its foundation had much deterioration and a storm caused the lighthouse to fall in the ocean.

A replica lighthouse was built at the same location in the 1980s by the community and is maintained as a private navigational aid. The harbor is still used today by a small number of pleasure craft and small fishing boats. Due to the high tides, the harbor can only be used for 4 to 6 hours at a time on the rising and falling tides.