Lobster traps dishing Westport village, Brier Island. Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi). As of 2009, the population is 944,251, which makes Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province. The province includes regions of the Mi'kmaq nation of Mi'kma'ki(mi'gama'gi). Nova Scotia was already home to the Mi'kmaq people when the first European colonists arrived. In 1604, French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida at Port Royal, founding what would become known as Acadia.

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Size: 4500px × 2989px
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo credit: © Michael DeFreitas North America / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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