Long Island, Nova Scotia
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Long Island located between the Bay of Fundy and St. Mary's Bay in Digby County in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated between Digby Neck (a slinder piece of land extending away from the town of Digby to the southwest seperating the Bay of Fundy and St. Mary's Bay) and Brier Island. Nova Scotia Highway 217 leads from Digby to Long Island and is the only access to Long Island by road. From Digby Neck to Long Island is a ferry crossing that is about a 0.5 km ride.
The are two villages on Long Island: Tiverton and Freeport. The ferry from the mainland crosses from the village of East Ferry to the village of Tiverton on Long Island. From the village of Freeport there is a second ferry going to the vilage of Westport on Brier Island.
Long Island is about 15 km long and about 5 km wide and is made mainly of basalt rock. The southern coast (St. Mary's Bay side) of the island is mostly cliff with the north coast (Bay of Fundy side) small cliffs and round-rock beaches. There are several coves along both sides with Bear Cove (in Tiverton), Iseral's Cove (also known as Pirate's Cove, located in Tiverton), Flour Cove (central on the island), and Beautiful Cove (in Freeport) being the best known and easly accessed coves.
There two shallow lakes located together in the centre of the island with a small brook leading in either directions and ending on either end of the island, one in Tiverton and the other in Freeport.
The passage from the mainland to the island is called Petite Passage and the passage to Brier Island is called Grand Passage. There is a tidal boar that occurs on the outgoing (ebb) tide in St. Mary's Bay just south of Petite Passage that is commonly refered to as The Bull.
Long Island was first discovered by the explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604 but was not settled until the late 1700's when the land was granted to British loyalists who fought for the British against the Americans in the American Revolution.
The primary indrusty is lobster fishing with a season running from the last Monday in Novemer until the lastday of May. A scond, and growing indrusty, is tourism.The Bay of Fundy is known for whale watching and Long Island offers several tour operator throughout the summer months. Another attraction is Balancing Rock, a large basalt column that appears to be balancing on its end on the southern shore just outside of Tiverton.
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Virtual Museum - Survival of A People: Using our Natural Resources 1875-1975
