West Shore

West Shore may refer to:

In Canada

  • Western Communities, the suburban municipalities of Colwood, Langford, Metchosin, View Royal, and The Highlands.

In the United Kingdom:

  • West Shore, Cumbria, a large sand and shingle beach

In the United States:

  • West Shore (Harrisburg), Pennsylvania, a series of communities along the western shore of the Susquehanna River
  • West Shore (Reading), Pennsylvania, a series of communities along the western shore of the Schuylkill River
  • West Shore, Staten Island, New York, a section in New York City

Non Geographical

  • West Shore Expressway, New York State Route 440 located on Staten Island, New York
  • West Shore Railroad, a railroad spanning New York and New Jersey
  • West Shore School District, located in Cumberland County and York County in Pennsylvania


Famous quotes containing the words west and/or shore:

    “These emblems of twilight have seen at length,
    And the man red-faced and tall seen, leaning
    In the day of his strength
    Not as a pine, but the stiff form
    Against the west pillar....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “We saw by the flitting clouds, by the first russet tinge on the hills, by the rushing river, the cottages on shore, and the shore itself, so coolly fresh and shining with dew, and later in the day, by the hue of the grape-vine, the goldfinch on the willow, the flickers flying in flocks, and when we passed near enough to the shore, as we fancied, by the faces of men, that the fall had commenced.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)