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Caribou Island Map

Caribou Island Map

This Caribou Island map was created by combining modified topographic data, community details, and a shaded relief model to depict terrain features. Browse the map online here, or to download a copy to use on your own device. (Also see the list of other Caribou Island maps …)

Caribou Island - Pictou County

Caribou Island

Caribou Island is located on the north side of Caribou Harbour along the Northumberland Strait. The Mi’kmaq name was “Komoogun-uk” meaning where birds are decoyed. William Rodgers from Ireland first settled here about 1803. A Lighthouse at Gull Point on the north east end of the Island, it was first built in 1868. The name refers to both a terrain feature and the community.

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