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Isle Haute
Native name: Maskusetik
	Image taken at low tide at Harbourville, Nova Scotia
	Isle Haute
Etymology	"High Island" (Samuel de Champlain, 1604)
Geography
Location	Bay of Fundy
Area	83 ha (210 acres)
Length	3 km (1.9 mi)
Width	400 m (1300 ft)
Highest elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Administration
	Canada
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	AST;
	A Fundy Island's Story", Gulf of Maine Times Autumn 2002

Isle Haute is an island in the upper regions of Bay of Fundy in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, near the entrance to the Minas Basin. It is 16 kilometers from Harbourville and eight kilometers south-southwest of Cape Chignecto. The island is three kilometres (1.9 mi) long and 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide.

History

The steep 100 m (328 ft) basalt cliffs of the island are the result from volcanic eruptions in the Jurassic period and may have been connected to the North Mountain volcanic ridge on the mainland 200 million years ago, before the Bay of Fundy was formed.^{[citation needed]}

The Mi'kmaq used the island to make stone tools before Europeans arrived and called the island "Maskusetik", meaning place of wild beans, hidden oats.^[1] In 1604, Samuel de Champlain gave the present name to the island, which means "High Island" in French, when he observed the towering bluffs, timber and fresh-water springs.^{[citation needed]}

In 1878, a lighthouse was built and was staffed until 1956, when fire collapsed the lighthouse and home of the lighthouse keeper. The lighthouse was replaced by a steel tower and is unstaffed. Federally owned, the island is being transferred from the Canadian Coast Guard to the Canadian Wildlife Service to protect its unique ecosystem. The island is also protected under Nova Scotia's Special Places Act to protect early Mi'kmaq archaeological sites.^[2]

General view of Isle Haute from Morden, Nova Scotia, Canada. The island's basalt cliffs rise above the Bay of Fundy.
Basalt cliffs along the southern coast of Isle Haute in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Columnar basalt and successive volcanic flows are visible in the cliff face.
Columnar basalt exposed on the coast of Isle Haute in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The polygonal columns formed as basalt contracted while cooling after volcanic activity.
The Shark Fins rock formation on the western coast of Isle Haute in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. The surrounding intertidal reefs provide habitat and foraging grounds for seabirds, including cormorants.
Grey seals resting on the rocky shoreline of Isle Haute in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. A cormorant takes flight in the foreground.

References

45°15′5.92″N 65°0′20.41″W / 45.2516444°N 65.0056694°W / 45.2516444; -65.0056694

[1] Mi'kmaq Place Names

[2] David J. Christianson and David Keenlyside, "A First Look: The Archaeology of Isle Haute", The Nova Scotian Museum Isle Haute Expedition July 1997 Curatorial Report No. 90, Nova Scotia Museum, p. 17

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v t e Bay of Fundy coastal islands of Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis, Kings, Hants, Colchester, and Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
‡ denotes at least part of the island is a nature preserve ⛯ denotes the island has a light station
Yarmouth County	Seal Island, Bunker Island, Tusket Islands (Murder Island, Principality of Outer Baldonia)
Digby County	Brier Island‡⛯, Peter Island‡⛯, Long Island
Kings County	Boot Island
Colchester County, Nova Scotia	Moose Island
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia	Isle Haute‡⛯, Partridge Island, Five Islands, Spencers Island, Two Brothers Islands‡

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