Cape John, Nova Scotia

Cape John
Cape John
	Community
	Cape John Location of Seafoam, Nova Scotia
	Coordinates: 45°47′25″N 63°5′57″W
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	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
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.[3]

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.[4]

Cape John Beach is a 3 ha Provincial Park Reserve (protected land that has the potential to be a provincial park)[5] which provides public beach access and habitat for a range of birds.[6]

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.[7]

References

"MEMBERS OF COUNCIL 2012 – 2016" (PDF). Municipality of Pictou County. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
"The Atlas of Canada". Toporama. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
"Cape John". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
"Cape John seafood plant short on labour". TC Media. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
"Provincial Parks Act CHAPTER 367 OF THE REVISED STATUTES, 1989". Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
"Cape John Beach". Provincial Park and Park Reserve Series. Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
"Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Map ME 2000-1, Geological Map of the Province of Nova Scotia, scale 1:500 000, compiled by J. D. Keppie, 2000". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

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[1] "MEMBERS OF COUNCIL 2012 – 2016" (PDF). Municipality of Pictou County. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

[ac-2] "The Atlas of Canada". Toporama. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[cnbg-3] "Cape John". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[fishplant-4] "Cape John seafood plant short on labour". TC Media. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[5] "Provincial Parks Act CHAPTER 367 OF THE REVISED STATUTES, 1989". Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[cjb-6] "Cape John Beach". Provincial Park and Park Reserve Series. Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[geomap-7] "Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Map ME 2000-1, Geological Map of the Province of Nova Scotia, scale 1:500 000, compiled by J. D. Keppie, 2000". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 10 February 2014.