FIVE ISLANDS PROVINCIAL PARK

Five Islands Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Colchester and Cumberland counties, Nova Scotia. It protects an undeveloped part of the Minas Basin and covers an area of 510 hectares. The park was established in 1972 and is open year-round. It offers a variety of facilities and services, including a reception desk, washrooms with showers, unserviced campsites, serviced campsites with electricity and drinking water, walk-in campsites, a camping group, a dishwashing station, a trailer dumping area, a park office, a picnic area, beach access, hiking trails, a playground, a lookout with views of the 90-metre-high cliffs and the highest tides in the world. The park also offers special events, such as learn-to-camp workshops.