Government of Nova Scotia

A spatial dataset of all Crown lands in Nova Scotia. Crown lands are all or any part of the land under the administration and control of the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables as per the Crown Lands Act. The dataset includes land in which the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...

These lands help preserve Nova Scotia’s natural values through a blend of legislation, ownership and management. Included here are: National Parks, National Wildlife Areas, Provincial Wilderness Areas, Provincial Nature Reserves, selected Provincial Parks and selected land trust properties and...

Public Works operates seven ferries. All are links in our provincial highway system and include: Four cable ferries: LaHave - Lunenburg County; Country Harbour, Guysborough County; Little Narrows, Victoria County; Englishtown, Victoria County. Three ocean-going, self-propelled ferries: Tancook...

Formerly known as the Nova Scotia Sportfish Registry, this dataset is a list of the current record holders for several popular Nova Scotia sportfish. There are both youth and adult, catch and release and catch and keep and smallmouth bass tournament categories.

The organizations listed are mandated or include some Gaelic language and cultural programming and/or support same.

A list of the 28 provincial museum sites with the location of each site.

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the roads and railroads theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography and collected in the field with mobile GPS, Field inspections verify road way types such as surface and number of lanes. Road feature codes and their...

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the roads and railroads theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography and collected in the field with mobile GPS, Field inspections verify road way types such as surface and number of lanes. Road feature codes and their...

GPS coordinates for operators that are listed on www.novascotia.com.

A list of all smallmouth bass and chain pickerel tournaments permitted under the Competitive Fishing Policy

Location and contact information for public library branches and administrative offices in Nova Scotia. Includes civic address, phone and website information.

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the roads and railroads theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography and collected in the field with mobile GPS, Field inspections verify road way types such as surface and number of lanes. Road feature codes and their...

A list of all trout derbies permitted under the Competitive Fishing Policy

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database the Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (Water Features) is updated and maintained from aerial photography. Lakes, Rivers, Islands and many other features are collected and networked into a seamless relation data base. Toponyms are included in the...

List of freshwater fish species recorded from survey data throughout Nova Scotia.

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the roads and railroads theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography and collected in the field with mobile GPS, Field inspections verify road way types such as surface and number of lanes. Road feature codes and their...

Gaelic placenames in Nova Scotia contain placenames Nova Scotia Gaels have for communities in Pictou, Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Water Features Public Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Water FeaturesLands, Forests and Wildlife View Data Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database the Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (Water Features) is updated and maintained from aerial photography....

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database the Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (Water Features) is updated and maintained from aerial photography. Lakes, Rivers, Islands and many other features are collected and networked into a seamless relation data base. Toponyms are included in the...

The Nova Scotia GeoNAMES dataset contains all current approved and offical geographic names for the Province of Nova Scotia. The named features in the dataset include Populated Places, Administrative Areas, Water and Terrain Features, Vegetation Areas, some Manmade Features, and Undersea...