title: Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia
text: # Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia
  
  Spanish Ship Bay is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's in Guysborough County.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  Spanish Ship Bay is said to have been so named because a Spanish galleon had run aground there, or because a headland nearby is shaped somewhat like a ship.
  
  