Five Islands, Nova Scotia, is perhaps best known as the setting for the famous Kluskap story where Kluskap tries to drive away Giant Beaver by throwing five great sods of mud into the bay.

The central island, Long Island (shown below at low tide), also has cultural significance because of the stone it contains. The line of volcanic basalt that runs the length of the Annapolis Valley to Blomidon and crosses under the Bay of Fundy, pops up here at Long Island. Our ancestors used the veins of knappable stone found in the basalt to make tools, like scrapers, knives and projectile points.