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- Partridge Island is a significant historical, cultural and geological site located near the mouth of Parrsboro Harbour and the town of Parrsboro on the Minas Basin, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It attracts many visitors including sightseers, swimmers, photographers, hikers and amateur geologists. Partridge Island is actually a peninsula that is connected to the mainland by a sandbar isthmus. According to local legend, the isthmus was created during the Saxby Gale of 1869. The hiking trail to the top of the island affords scenic views of key landforms on the Minas Basin including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split and Cape Sharp. The nearby Ottawa House By-the-Sea Museum contains artifacts and exhibits illustrating the history of the former village at Partridge Island, which dates from the 1770s. Partridge Island is a favourite hunting ground for rockhounds because its ancient sandstone and basalt cliffs are steadily eroded by the fast-moving currents of the world's highest tides. Rocks and debris worn away from its cliffs are dragged down the beach making it possible to find gemstones, exotic-looking zeolite minerals and fossils. Fossil hunters are warned, however, that although one or two loose specimens may be collected, Nova Scotia law requires that they be sent or taken to a museum for further study, and no fossils may be excavated from bedrock without a permit. (en)
- Partridge Island är en ö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen Nova Scotia, i den östra delen av landet, 900 km öster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Arean är 0,23 kvadratkilometer. Terrängen på Partridge Island är platt. Den sträcker sig 0,6 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 0,7 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Inlandsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 4 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 17 °C, och den kallaste är februari, med −14 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 1 751 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är december, med i genomsnitt 250 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med 82 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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- Partridge Island is a significant historical, cultural and geological site located near the mouth of Parrsboro Harbour and the town of Parrsboro on the Minas Basin, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It attracts many visitors including sightseers, swimmers, photographers, hikers and amateur geologists. Partridge Island is actually a peninsula that is connected to the mainland by a sandbar isthmus. According to local legend, the isthmus was created during the Saxby Gale of 1869. The hiking trail to the top of the island affords scenic views of key landforms on the Minas Basin including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split and Cape Sharp. The nearby Ottawa House By-the-Sea Museum contains artifacts and exhibits illustrating the history of the former village at Partridge Island, which dates from (en)
- Partridge Island är en ö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen Nova Scotia, i den östra delen av landet, 900 km öster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Arean är 0,23 kvadratkilometer. Terrängen på Partridge Island är platt. Den sträcker sig 0,6 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 0,7 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. (sv)
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