Explore Beautiful Cape Sable Island,
Nova Scotia
Discover our wild beaches, island harbours,
coastal trails, and remarkable birdlife.
Cape Sable Island lies within the UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere
Reserve — one of Eastern Canada’s richest biodiversity regions.
This windswept island is home to rare plant life, migrating shorebirds
and expansive dune systems,
some found nowhere else in the Maritimes.
Why Visitors Come Here
Cape Sable Island is not a place for shopping streets or nightlife.
There are no yacht clubs, no trendy cafés, no crowded boardwalks.
What you will find are five wide, often deserted beaches.
Salt marshes shaped by wind. Working harbours rising before sunrise.
It is quiet. Elemental. Beautifully raw.
Made for walkers, birders, photographers — and those seeking space to breathe.
© Matt Davis ebird/MacAuley Library
Clark’s Harbour — The Lobster Capital of Canada
Clark’s Harbour is a working fishing community on Cape Sable Island,
home to generations of lobster fishermen and proud maritime traditions.
Situated along Nova Scotia’s Lighthouse Route, the town is known for
deserted beaches, colourful fishing boats and
some of the freshest seafood in Atlantic Canada.
Each season, our harbour comes alive as lobster boats head out before sunrise —
a rhythm that has shaped island life for generations.