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Tusket Islands
The Tusket Islands are an archipelago of small islands located in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy.
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The Tusket Islands are an archipelago of small islands located in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy.
Local lore suggests there are 365 islands total, one for each day of the year, although actual estimates simply say 200+ islands. Their economy is based on lobster trapping, although its many canneries have since closed, leaving largely only fishing shanties behind. In the years around 1924, many of the fishing vessels in the islands were converted into rum runners smuggling alcohol to the United States.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Inner Spectacle Island25 m · 0.29 km²
- Deep Cove Island21 m · 0.23 km²
- Murder Island9 m · 0.15 km²
- Eagle Island29 m · 0.09 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.08 km²
- Tarpaulin Island16 m · 0.04 km²
- Little Tusket18 m · 0.02 km²
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Comparative heights
- Eagle: 29 m
- Inner Spectacle: 25 m
- Deep Cove: 21 m
- Little Tusket: 18 m
- Tarpaulin: 16 m
- Murder: 9 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Inner Spectacle Island | 0.29 km² |
| Deep Cove Island | 0.23 km² |
| Murder Island | 0.15 km² |
| Eagle Island | 0.09 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.08 km² |
| Tarpaulin Island | 0.04 km² |
| Little Tusket | 0.02 km² |
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Facts
Photographs
- Wedgepoint and southwest Nova Scotia. Supercarwaar / CC BY-SA 3.0