Dartmouth

Blackpool Sands, at Dartmouth in Devon, was voted the best kept beach and resort in the United Kingdom in 1999. It has also been granted a prestigious European Blue Flag Award. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Blackpool Sands was also the site of the last highwayman's coach hold-up in England.

English seaport at the mouth of the River Dart; 43 km/27 mi east of Plymouth, on the Devon coast; population (2001) 7,200. It is a centre for yachting and has an excellent harbour. The Britannia Royal Naval College dates from 1905. Dartmouth Castle (15th century), 1.6 km/1 mi southeast of the town, guards the narrow entrance of the Dart estuary.

Dartmouth

Port in Halifax County, south-central Nova Scotia, Canada; population (1991) 67,800. It is situated on the northeast of Halifax harbour, connected to the regional capital by the Angus L MacDonald suspension bridge (1.6 km/1 mi long). Dartmouth is a commercial and industrial centre. Manufactures include refined oil and sugar, beer, and electrical and automotive products. It is also noted for its shopping malls and service industries and as a centre of oceanographic research (the Bedford Institute of Oceanography was founded in 1962). Dartmouth is popularly called ‘City of Lakes’, having 22 within its limits.

The city was the headquarters of a Quaker whaling company from 1784; it was incorporated as a town in 1873 and as a city in 1961.