Port Greville is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It is home of the Age of Sail Museum of maritime history.

Port Greville, Nova Scotia
Village
Beach at low tide in Port Greville, showing remnants of early port facilities
Location of Port Greville, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°24′N 64°32′W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Cumberland County
Founded	1784
Electoral Districts      Federal	Cumberland-Colchester
Provincial	Cumberland South
Government
• Councilor	Carrie Goodwin
• MLA	Tory Rushton (PCP)
• MP	Stephen Ellis (CPC)
Highest elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Postal code	B0M-1T0
Area code(s)	902
Places in Nova Scotia

Port Greville was the location of the construction of many sailing ships used in trade mainly with the American New England states. Many sea captains came from the area with names such as Wagstaff, Pettis and Merriam.

One such vessel was the three masted schooner 'Minas King', captained by George Merriam with his cousin J.Randall Merriam operating as first mate. Randall Merriam later became a Master Mariner (inland waters) and captained several of the Canadian National ferries operating between Cape Tormentine New Brunswick and Borden PEI.

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