Places in NS
Bodies of Water
Surrounding Provinces
Cape Breton
Map Skills
100

This city is the capital of Nova Scotia

What is Halifax

100

Nova Scotia is closest to what ocean?

What is Atlantic

100

This province is west of Nova Scotia

What is New Brunswick

100

This island is part of Nova Scotia and is connected by the

What is the Canso Causeway

100

These letters show direction on a map: N, S, E, and W. What are these types of directions called?

What are cardinal directions

200

This town is famous for its lighthouse and is a popular tourist spot

What is Peggy’s Cove

200

This large bay is south of Nova Scotia and has the highest tides in the world

What is the Bay of Fundy

200

This province is north of Nova Scotia

What is Prince Edward Island

200

This famous scenic road goes around Cape Breton Island

What is the Cabot Trail

200

This part of the map explains what the symbols mean

What is a legend

300

This valley area is known for apples and farming

What is the Annapolis Valley

300

This town is famous for being the home of the world’s highest recorded tides

What is Truro

300

This province is northeast of Nova Scotia

What is Newfoundland and Labrador

300

This national park is located on Cape Breton Island

What is Cape Breton Highlands National Park

300

This tool helps show how far apart two places are on a map

What is a scale

400

This town is home to one of the oldest universities in Canada

What is Wolfville (Acadia University)

400

This gulf is north of Nova Scotia and surrounds parts of Cape Breton

What is the Gulf of St. Lawrence

400

The capital city of New Brunswick.

What is Fredericton

400

This city is the largest urban centre on Cape Breton Island

What is Sydney

400

If a place is north of your town, it is in this direction

What is north

500

This town is known as the “birthplace of hockey.”

What is Windsor

500

This body of water separates Cape Breton Island from mainland Nova Scotia

What is the Strait of Canso

500

The Canadian province farthest from Nova Scotia

What is British Columbia

500

Where was STFX University originally located in Cape Breton?

Arichat/Isle Madame

500

If 1 cm = 1 km on a map, 5 cm means this many kilometres

What is 5 km

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