Big Tancook Island

Big Tancook Island is the largest of many islands in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. It measures approximately 4 km by 1.6 km forming roughly a "C" shape. Its area is 550 acres and has a rocky shoreline with open fields and softwood forest dotted by ponds, residential properties and fish stores. It is separated from nearby Little Tancook Island to the east by a 1 km wide strait called "The Chops". Big Tancook Island is approximately 4 km from Sandy Cove Point on the Aspotogan Peninsula - the nearest point on the mainland. Wildlife populations are limited to deer, muskrats, snakes, and pheasants, and a great variety of birds. ()