There is an aura that cloaks islands in mystique and stirs the imagination. Nova Scotia would be an island if not for a narrow isthmus linking Canada's second smallest province to New Brunswick. The ocean waters surrounding Nova Scotia have proportionally more islands than anywhere else in the Atlantic. In fact, there are more than 3,800 islands that lie “scattered like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle” along nearly 5,000 miles of coastline. For Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia, Mike Parker has selected a treasure trove of 330 images and maps to produce a series of pictorial vignettes accompanied by a wealth of descriptive text. Legendary islands such as Sable, Seal, St. Paul, and Scatarie come to life, as do a score of others including Sambro, McNabs, Georges, Lawlor, Devils, Melville, Little Hope, McNutts, Oak, Isle Haute, Bon Portage, Liscomb, the Tuskets, the Canso Islands, and LaHave Islands.Featured are tales of abandoned settlements and homesteads, lighthouses and keepers, storms and shipwrecks, contagious diseases and mass burials. There are stories of lost cemeteries and ghostly apparitions, pirates and buried treasure, smugglers, spies and murderers, forts, prisons and secret passageways, even picnics, carnivals and merry-go-rounds. Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia is a virtual encyclopedia of our coastal past - a look back at a rugged, adventurous, dangerous, often lonely and sometimes tragic way of life.

Scary tales from Nova Scotia, by the author of The Tatterdemon Omnibus and Where the Ghosts Are: A Guide to Nova Scotia’s Spookiest Places. This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia—from the restless spirits of Devil’s Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of strange happenings and scary sightings from across the province. Author Steve Vernon relies on his storytelling experience to create moody and terrifying tales from the annals of history. Praise for Steve Vernon “Writing with a rare swagger and confidence, Steve Vernon can lead his readers through an entire gamut of emotions from outright fear and repulsion to pity and laughter.” —Cemetery Dance

If you're from Halifax, you've probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you're from Nova Scotia, you probably know about rumours of buried treasure on Oak Island, or about the UFO sighting in Shag Harbour. But what about the Grey Lady of Stoney Beach? Or the Ghost of Haddon Hall? Featuring addresses and GPS coordinates, this guide to Nova Scotian haunts maps out the origin stories of 50 spooky tales. Author Steve Vernon has covered every corner of the province in search of the spooky, bizarre, and unexplained. The perfect companion for those interested in the history of the province and thrill-seekers alike, Where the Ghosts Are is a DIY-ghost tour of Nova Scotia's most haunted spots.

Explore Nova Scotia's colourful legacy of spooks and spectres in this unique collection of traditional and contemporary tales. The author has collected over 140 mysterious stories of unexplained phenomena, including such well-known tales as the mystery of Oak Island and the ghost ship Mary Celeste. He has also uncovered a wealth of new and intriguing stories, such as the checkered lady of Annapolis Royal, the mysterious man found washed up on the shores of Capstick, and the unidentified flying object that crashed near Shag harbour.

Born and raised in Bear River, Nova Scotia, Mike Parker has been called Nova Scotia's Storyteller, a reference to the diversity of themes covered in his many books of popular history. The best-selling author has been researching and writing about his native province for more than twenty years. This is his thirteenth book. Mike is affiliated with the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University as a research associate. He is a graduate of Acadia University and a long-time resident of Dartmouth.

Are you still afraid of things that go bump in the night? Do you still think someone is watching you even though no one is there? Do doors and windows still open and close on their own? Do you still see people in your home even though you know you are alone? If you answer yes to even one of these questions, then More Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia will make you feel not alone. Picking up where 2015's Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia left off, veteran ghost story teller Vernon Oickle brings to life more of Nova Scotia's intriguing tales of the paranormal, many of which have never been shared before.

The Maritimes has a long and treasured history of ghostly appearances and mysterious disappearances. Join ghost writer guru Vernon Oickle as he scours Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island for skeletons, sunken ships and buried treasures, as well as the moving human drama provided by centuries of back-stabbing, greed, romance and love, all tinged with the paranomal:the home of Aaron Churchill—the “hero of the sea†— near Yarmouth features pulsating orbs, missing objects and images of a young girl Henry House is a popular restaurant and inn in Halifax named after its original occupant, but the Father of Confederation, William Alexander Henry, seems reluctant to depart the Lunenburg Academy rattles with the eerie sound of more than mere mortalsaudiovisual equipment at the Halifax Citadel has inexplicable interruptions, and ghostly images regularly make their appearance on the screensghostly “pink ladies†appear at night and tickle a small boy whose night fears disturb the whole familyin Dayspring, NS, an eerie presence appears to cuddle with people sleeping in a particular rooma farmhouse in New Brunswick has pounding noises from a bedroom closet, severe temperature fluctuations and odd, mellow music coming from no identifiable sourcePrince Edward Island has a buried treasure of gold coins—but don't bother trying to find it unless you want to face its fierce, ghostly guardsin Rustico, PEI, a poker game is interrupted by a ghostly, grinning figure in chains who snatches both cards and money before vanishing …and more.