Sharps Creek

Sharps Creek is a bay in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. Sharps Creek is situated nearby to the locality West Amherst, as well as near the hamlet Amherst Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area and Chignecto National Wildlife Area.

John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area

Nature reserve

John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area is a 552 hectares National Wildlife Area located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, adjacent to Amherst, Chignecto National Wildlife Area, and Amherst Point Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Chignecto National Wildlife Area

Nature reserve

Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chignecto National Wildlife Area is a 475 hectares National Wildlife Area located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, adjacent to John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area and Amherst.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherst and Aulac.

Amherst

Photo: Azure, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Amherst is a city of 9,400 people in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Amherst is the county seat and largest population centre in the Cumberland region.

Aulac is a Canadian community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. As of January 1, 2023 it is part of the Municipality of Tantramar which consists of the former town of Sackville, Village of Dorchester, Pointe de Bute and other rural communities.

Point de Bute

Hamlet

Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point de Bute or Pointe de Bute is an area in ward five of the town of Tantramar in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The former local service district of Pointe de Bute took its name from the community but used a different spelling.

Sharps Creek

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.81315° or 45° 48′ 47″ north

Longitude

-64.26389° or 64° 15′ 50″ west

Open location code

87QQRP7P+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1626232100

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

6145375

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lusbys Marsh and John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area.

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