The small town of Clark's Harbour, N.S., is waking up to a boozier future after residents voted to end a ban on selling alcohol.

A majority of voters in the town of 944 on Cape Sable Island cast ballots in a plebiscite on Tuesday to allow alcohol to be sold in licensed premises.

At the moment, the local Legion hall is the only site that serves liquor in the all-but-dry town, and it can do so only once a month.

Clark's Harbour Legion used to serve alcohol once a month

A local bowling alley called for the plebiscite, which was organized by the Nova Scotia Alcohol and Gaming Authority. The bowling alley now plans to build a lounge to take advantage of the change in the rules.

Six years ago, people in Clark's Harbour voted by a narrow margin to maintain the prohibition on the general sale of alcohol.

Tuesday's vote, in which 264 people favoured liquor sales compared to 140 who opposed the move, was the sixth in the town's history.

A similar vote will be held next week in another Nova Scotian town, Little Narrows in Cape Breton.