Five Islands, Nova Scotia
Five Islands is a rural community in Colchester County Nova Scotia with a population of 316 located on the north shore of Minas Basin, home of the highest tides in the world. It is named after five small islands – Moose, Diamond, Long, Egg, and Pinnacle – located just off the coast. The islands are an exposed part of the North Mountain Basalt. Moose Island is in Colchester County. The remaining islands are in Cumberland County. Beyond Pinnacle Island is a seastack called Pinnacle Rock.
Moose Island as seen from Five Islands provincial park
View from Old Wife Point, Five Islands Provincial Park, to the southeast, down the southwestern foot of Economy Mountain.
The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides.
Looking east across the Southern Bight of Minas Basin from The Lookoff
The Minas Basin in early May