John Dans Cove
Located at the northern shore of Pictou Island. John Dans Cove is a large protected sandy area with limited public access.
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Black Point
Black Point is a rocky headland located west of Hawksbill Point on the north side of Caribou Island extending out into the Northumberland Strait. It was formerly known as Barebank Point, as well as Johns Point, but officially changed to the current version in 1976.
Black Point is a common name and thus there a few other places in Pictou County that go by the same name, including a community, and another rocky headland.
Caribou Reef
Caribou Reef is located just off the north easterly tip of Caribou Island, in the Northumberland Strait, and one of the reasons a light-house beacon is placed at Gull Point.
MacCarthys Point
MacCarthys Point is located on the south side of Caribou Island, extending westerly out into Caribou Harbour.
Kenneth Point
Kenneth Point is located on the south side of Caribou Island between MacCarthys Point and Mackenzie point, extending out into the Caribou Harbour. It was labeled as Harris Point on the 1879 map, possibly because the land grant here at that time was to Matthew Harris.
Little Point
Little Point is a small headland located along the south side of Caribou Island extending out into Caribou Harbour.
Gull Point
Gull Point is located at the north easterly tip of Caribou Island, and extending out into the Northumberland Strait. It was sometimes referred to as Caribou Point, as shown on some of the old maps.
Northumberland Strait
The Northumberland Strait is a large narrow tidal body of water that separates Prince Edward Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was named after the HMS Northumberland, a flagship of Admiralty Lord Colville from the Royal British Navy, that surveyed the Nova Scotia coast in 1764.
Learn more about the history and geography of the Northumberland Strait including maps and more …