Cape John, Nova Scotia

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Cape John
Community
Map of Nova Scotia showing location of Seafoam
Map of Nova Scotia showing location of Seafoam
Cape John
Location of Seafoam, Nova Scotia
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Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
County Pictou County
District 4
Government
 • Councillor, District 4 Ronald Baillie[1]
 • MLA, Pictou West Karla MacFarlane
 • MP, Central Nova Peter MacKay
Highest elevation[2] 20 m (70 ft)
Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)
Canadian Postal Code B0K 1N0
Area code and exchange (902) 351-xxxx
Website riverjohn.com

Cape John is an unincorporated area in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County. It is situated on a cape, bordered by the Northumberland Strait to the north and John Bay, the estuary of the River John, to the south.

A breakwater protects a small harbour and wharves, which are used mainly by small fishing boats and recreational users. There is a fish processing plant near the harbour which mainly handles lobster.[3]

Cape John Beach is a 3 ha Provincial Park Reserve (protected land that has the potential to be a provincial park)[4] which provides public beach access and habitat for a range of birds.[5]

The geology of the area consists of floodplain mudstone, fluvial sandstone, arkosic sandstone, minor amounts of conglomerate and lacustrine limestone all belonging to the Cape John Formation of the Pictou Group of the Stephanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous period, approximately 300 million years ago.[6]

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