This is true although Nova Scotia is some fifteen parallels further south. The Nova Scotian climate is in many ways similar to the central Baltic Sea coast in Northern Europe, only wetter and snowier. However, winters are cold enough to be classified as continental-still being nearer the freezing point than inland areas to the west. The winter and summer temperature extremes of the continental climate are moderated by the ocean. Nova Scotia lies in the mid-temperate zone and, although the province is almost surrounded by water, the climate is closer to continental climate rather than maritime. Main article: Climate of Nova Scotia Köppen climate types of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is located along the 45th parallel north, so it is midway between the Equator and the North Pole. The highest point is White Hill at 533 m (1,749 ft) above sea level, situated amongst the Cape Breton Highlands in the far north of the province. Wasson's Bluff, near the town of Parrsboro, has yielded both Triassic- and Jurassic-age fossils. Blue Beach near Hantsport, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, on the Bay of Fundy's shores, has yielded an abundance of Carboniferous-age fossils. These formations are particularly rich on the Bay of Fundy's shores. Nova Scotia has many ancient fossil-bearing rock formations.
Cape Breton Island, a large island to the northeast of the Nova Scotia mainland, is also part of the province, as is Sable Island, a small island notorious for being the site of offshore shipwrecks, approximately 175 km (110 mi) from the province's southern coast. Nowhere in Nova Scotia is more than 67 km (42 mi) from the ocean. The province's mainland is the Nova Scotia peninsula and includes numerous bays and estuaries. It is surrounded by four major bodies of water: the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the north, the Bay of Fundy to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province in area, after Prince Edward Island.
See also: List of provincial parks in Nova Scotia and List of protected areas of Nova Scotia Halifax is the twelfth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada, the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada, and Canada's second-largest coastal municipality after Vancouver. Nova Scotia's capital and largest municipality is Halifax, which is home to over 45% of the province's population as of the 2021 census. In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first British colony to achieve responsible government, and it confederated with New Brunswick and the Province of Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) in July 1867 to form what is now the country of Canada. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), thousands of Loyalists settled in Nova Scotia. In subsequent years, the British began settling " foreign Protestants" in the region and deported the French-speaking Acadians en masse. Britain fought France for the territory on numerous occasions for over a century afterwards, having gained it from them in the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1605, Acadia-France's first New France colony-was founded with the creation of Acadia's capital, Port-Royal. The land that makes up what is now Nova Scotia was inhabited by the Miꞌkmaq people at the time of European colonization. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, respectively. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. Its area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,345 sq mi) includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. It has the largest population of Canada's Atlantic Provinces. Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 census. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia ( / ˌ n oʊ v ə ˈ s k oʊ ʃ ə/ NOH-və SKOH-shə French: Nouvelle-Écosse Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Rankings include all provinces and territories
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