Micou's Island, Nova Scotia
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Micou's Island is a 22 acres (89,030.9 m²) tidal island
located in the Glen Haven
community near the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay
, Nova Scotia
, Canada
. The island is accessible by a sandbar at low tide
and has become a popular beach during summer months.
Micou’s Island got its name in the 1930’s when the island was sold to an American family, the Micous. The Micous used the island as a summer vacation spot. In 2007 the island was bought by the province and is now being cared for jointly by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
and the St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association. The Department of Natural Resources has stated it intends to manage the island for recreational purposes in an ecologically sensitive manner.
The island is also known as Big Indian Island, named together with Little Indian Island (a smaller tidal island next to Micou's) and Indian Point peninsula
because of arrowheads that have been found there in the past, suggesting that this was once a Mi'kmaq summer camping ground.
Tidal island
A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands many of them have been sites of religious worship, such as Mont Saint Michel with its...
located in the Glen Haven
Glen Haven, Nova Scotia
Glen Haven is a small coastal community within the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada, about 40 km from Halifax city centre. It is situated on the shore of the St...
community near the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay
St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
St. Margarets Bay is a Canadian bay located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia on the border of the Halifax Regional Municipality and Lunenburg County .-Description:...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The island is accessible by a sandbar at low tide
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth....
and has become a popular beach during summer months.
Micou’s Island got its name in the 1930’s when the island was sold to an American family, the Micous. The Micous used the island as a summer vacation spot. In 2007 the island was bought by the province and is now being cared for jointly by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
and the St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association. The Department of Natural Resources has stated it intends to manage the island for recreational purposes in an ecologically sensitive manner.
The island is also known as Big Indian Island, named together with Little Indian Island (a smaller tidal island next to Micou's) and Indian Point peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
because of arrowheads that have been found there in the past, suggesting that this was once a Mi'kmaq summer camping ground.