Tusket Islands

Coordinates: 43°39′08″N 66°00′50″W / 43.65222°N 66.01389°W / 43.65222; -66.01389

Tusket Islands in Nova Scotia

The Tusket Islands are a number of islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

The islands stretch along the coast from Pinkney's Point to Wedgeport and include:

Tusket Island itself has the highest elevation of 31 meters and Bald Tusket Island has an elevation of 16 metes high. Several dwellings were built on the islands during early decades of European settlement.[1] Outer Bald Tusket Island was also the location of the micronation Principality of Outer Baldonia.

There is also a tradition that pirate treasure is hidden on one of the Tusket islands.[2]

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