Canada
Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia

Big Lake

Big Lake is a rural community and lake of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of on the Chebucto Peninsula.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Big Lake, Nova Scotia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peggy’s Cove.

Photo: Eric Raymond Lanning, CC BY 3.0.
Peggy's Cove is a hamlet and popular tourist spot in . It is both bleak and picturesque with its historic and still-used lighthouse standing watch over the village and the granite rocks and cliffs.

Big Lake

Latitude
44.5241° or 44° 31′ 27″ north
Longitude
-63.86627° or 63° 51′ 59″ west
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
87PRG4FM+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69020270
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
5900409
Wiki­data ID
Q4905943
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Satellite Map

Discover Big Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Big Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Big Lake (lanaw sa Canada, Nova Scotia, lat 44,52, long -63,87)”
  • Cebuano: “Big Lake”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بيج”
  • French: “Big Lake”
  • Swedish: “Big Lake”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Big Lake and McGraths Cove.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Thomas Cemetery and Big Bridge Bog.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Big Lake”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.