Tor Bay, Nova Scotia

 Tor Bay is a small fishing community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County. It is located at the south-western end of a bay of the same name.

History
In the 1830s, fishing vessels of between 40 and 120 tons were being built here.

Tor Bay was the termination site of an early transatlantic telegraph cable laid in 1875 to Ballinskelligs, Ireland—a distance of 2565 nmi. A cable laid in 1874 connected Tor Bay to Rye Beach, New Hampshire, United States—a distance of 536 nmi.