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Top: Regional: North_America: Canada: Nova_Scotia: Offshore_Islands
As a coastal province almost completely surrounded by water, Nova Scotia is home to many islands, some small and some large. The coastline stretches for 7,400 kilometres and is indented by thousands of bays and inlets. The coast is dotted by more than 3,800 islands.
Located off the coast of Shelburne County and connected to the mainland by a causeway.
McNutt's Island is located at the mouth of Shelburne Harbour in Shelburne County.
Moshers Island is an offshore island of Lunenburg County, one of the Lahave Island chain, opposite Green Bay and Petite Riviere Bridge at 44 degrees 15' N by 64 degrees 35' W. It is three and one half kilometres from Crescent Beach, seaward.
Pictou Island is situated in the Northumberland Strait, midway between Pictou, Nova Scotia and Little Sands, PEI. It is served by Ferry from Caribou.
Sable Island is a large island, formed from a sand bar, off the southeast coast of Nova Scotia. The island is best known for being the site of hundreds of shipwrecks over the years as well as for the wild horses who inhabit it.Abandoned by the federal government of Canada in 1995, the island is now cared for by the Sable Island Preservation Trust, who co-ordinates research projects and the preservation of this unique ecosystem.
Seal Island is located about 20 miles off the southwestern tip of Shelburne County.
St. Paul Island is at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Cabot Strait, about 15 miles from Cape Breton and 44 miles from Cape Ray, Newfoundland. The island is three miles long and approximately a mile wide.The island was one of the most dangerous points on the Atlantic Coast, gaining it the name "the Graveyard of the Gulf".
Famous (or more correctly "infamous") for its brief life as the Principality of Outer Baldonia, Outer Bald Tusket Island is located off the south shore of Nova Scotia. As Baldonia, it is most newsworthy for its declaration of war against the USSR.
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