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| Place | Oban |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | Nova Scotia (NS) |
| Location | Richmond |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.722799 |
| Longitude | -60.921351 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | CBCGM |
Oban is a community in Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Oban is located at 45.7228°N, 60.9214°W.
Oban rests in a fold of the land, where the restless Atlantic sighs against a rugged coastline. It lies 24.7 km north-north-east of Arichat, NS (from Arichat, NS: bearing 17°T), and is situated 8.2 km north-north-west of St. Peter's. The air here carries the perpetual tang of salt and damp earth, a bracing scent that clings to the weathered clapboard houses and the sturdy fishing boats bobbing in the harbour. Rolling hills, cloaked in a resilient mix of spruce and fir, tumble down to meet the grey, often turbulent waters, their slopes etched with the faint, abandoned tracks of old logging roads. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent mist, can cast a surprisingly warm, golden hue across the landscape, illuminating the hardy wildflowers that push through the stony soil along the cliff edges. This quiet corner of Nova Scotia, Oban, has long been shaped by the sea and the resources it grudgingly provides. For generations, the livelihoods of its inhabitants have been inextricably tied to the cod and lobster fisheries, a tradition that lends a certain stoic resilience to the people who call this place home. Though the boom times of earlier eras have faded, the echoes of that industrious past can still be felt in the weathered docks and the communal spirit that persists. Beyond the immediate coastline, the land rises to embrace small, sheltered inlets and a scattering of freshwater lakes, their still surfaces reflecting the ever-changing sky, offering a different kind of quietude from the ceaseless murmur of the ocean.
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Location data for Oban is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |