Smoke Point, Nova Scotia Canada

Nova Scotia, Canada

Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province; it was a British colony before Canada was formed in 1867. The Mi'Kmaqus, the native people, have existed in Nova Scotia for more than 10,000 years, living off the land and sea. The early days of European exploration brought French and English navigators followed by Germans, Highland Scots and New England Loyalists, among others.

This island province features an amazing variety of landscapes, from highlands that rival Scotland's rugged fjords to rolling farmland and a vast network of rivers, ponds and lakes. Centuries of pounding waves and grinding ice have sculpted the coastal rocks and reduced sandstone cliffs to stretches of sandy beach. The vegetation of Nova Scotia is rich in variety - from abundant crops to vibrant wildflowers. Each of its wild habitats - bogs, dry barrens, tidal wetlands, open fields, dense spruce woods and climax hardwood forests - has its own distinctive plant life.

" 'Infinite riches in a little room,' wrote Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. He might have been referring to Nova Scotia, which packs an impossible variety of cultures and landscapes into an area half the size of Ohio."
- Fodors's Guide to Nova Scotia

Smoke Point, West Liscomb Point Road

Northern Nova Scotia features a rugged coastline on its Atlantic side, where LFF's Smoke Point and Liscomb Bay properties are located. This area east and north of Halifax contains several contrasting landscapes within a few miles. The road toward Cape Breton passes fishing villages, forests and cranberry bogs. An amazing array of wildlife includes ospreys, bald eagles, moose, deer, and of course, whales, in the waters off Cape Breton and Brier Island.

"As I drove down the deserted road from our other property nearby, I reached the end of the point and walked along a beautiful beach, hearing only the waves and wind. As I climbed back into the car to return, a gray flash darted across the road in front of me. It was the biggest coyote I had ever seen! He bounded up a nearby hill and vanished into the woods. I will always remember this moment and my first visit to Smoke Point."
- Pat O'Neil

LFF acquired this stunning 22-acre tract on Smoke Point in early 2005. The land is located approximately 3 miles south of LFF's Liscomb Bay 12-acre property. It is just inside the Liscomb Bay entrance and thereby sheltered from the open sea. The bay's deep water welcomes large sailboats and ocean-going pleasure craft.

Privacy is permanently assured since the land is surrounded by Crown land (permanent government wildlife areas) which covers 95% of this remote peninsula. The LFF land is heavily wooded, as are the Crown lands; much of it represents virgin forest. The former owner (who is in the construction business) built the road that provides access to the area. Electric lines can be extended from LFF's Liscomb Bay property.

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