Tolo Harbour

Tolo Harbour

Tolo Harbour (zh-t|t=吐露港), or Tai Po Hoi (大埔海, historically 大步海) is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories (新界) of Hong Kong.

Tide Cove is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove (船灣海), Three Fathoms Cove (企嶺下海) and Tolo Channel (赤門海峽) is to its east.

The Shing Mun River (城門河) empties first into Tide Cove (沙田海), then the harbour.

One of Hong Kong's 235 islands, Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲) is located in the harbour.

History

In the past pearls were very abundant here. Pearl hunting had been a major industry in Tai Po from Han Dynasty. In Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, a king of Southern Han changed the name of Tai Po to Mei Chuen To (媚川都) and ordered an aggressive cultivation effort, which led to many fatalities amongst the pearl hunters. The hunting lasted until the Ming Dynasty, when the pearl oysters were nearly extinct in the area.

Transportation

Kowloon-Canton Railway was built in 1910s and Tolo Highway in 1980s on its western shore.

ee also

* List of harbours in Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.bwsk.net/xd/y/yelingfeng/lhdg/212.htm 大埔的珠池 (Standard Chinese)]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.443875,114.238415&spn=0.063305,0.111219&t=k&hl=en Satellite view of the harbour and Tide Cove (centre), and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and the Tolo Channel (right)]


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