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South Bar Wharf Levon Drover	Melmery Beach in March Lee Martin
Melmerby Beach in March Lee Martin	Dancing the Summit at Cabot Shores Laura Phillips
Cabot trail Cape Breton Corine Böhmers	full moon during xmas week Lee Martin
Stormy, seafoamy day after a storm at White Point Donna Hatt	Against The Wind, Creaser's Cove, Riverport Michael Kaiser

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"Building a sustainable future today!" is the Municipality of Shelburne's motto, a statement that is at once forward-looking and rooted in the community's tradition of self-sufficiency.

"We've always relied on our own assets and our own people, partly because of the geographical area that we're in," says Kirk Cox, chief administrative officer for the municipality which has a population of over 4,800, with communities from Sable River to Clyde River in Southwest Nova Scotia.

Take, for example, Shelburne Harbour, which Cox says is the third deepest natural harbour in the world. The harbour is intrinsic to the area's traditional fishing industry, but it's also being used in a new way - with a district energy system which uses the harbour as a heat source and also a cooling source in the summer. At the same time, also looking at the feasibility of incorporating some wind energy for the municipality.

Municipality of Shelburne

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Harvesting Success from the Sea

About Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is located on the east coast of Canada. With 7,400 km of coastline it is almost completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia is a place that offers a rare experience to the people who live in, do business in, and come to visit the province.