Nova Scotia ("New Scotland", pronounced /ˌnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə/; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province of the four in Atlantic Canada. Located almost exactly halfway between the Equator and the North Pole (44º 39' N Longitude), its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada, with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi), including Cape Breton and some 3,800 coastal islands. As of 2011, the population was 921,727, making Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province in Canada.
Arisaig {Àrasaig in Gaelic) is a small village in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Arisaig is located on the north coast of eastern mainland Nova Scotia, on the Northumberland Strait, and is connected to the town of Antigonish to the SE and to New Glasgow to the West by NS Route 245, the "Sunrise Trail".
The community was founded ca. 1785 by Scottish immigrants who named it after their home, Arisaig, on the west coast of Scotland.
There is a government wharf and recently rebuilt lighthouse situated at Arisaig Harbour. The local Roman Catholic church dedicated to St. Margaret of Scotland. The present church was constructed in 1878 and the parish itself was established in 1792. Two cairns are situated in the community - one near the wharf marking the approximate site of the original log cabin church, and a second near the present church commemorating the centennial of its construction.
Arisaig Park, which borders on the Northumberland Strait, features significant fossil deposits.
Nearby communities include Doctors Brook, Malignant Cove, Knoydart and McArras Brook.