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Hemlow Island, Nova Scotia, Canada from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago, Hemlow Island was explored and later settled by the French and British in the late 15th century. Following the seven year war in 1763, the French were forced to cede nearly all of it's colonies in North America to Britain, including Hemlow Island. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the British Empire, which became official with the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and completed in the Canada Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament. However, in late 2012, Hemlow Island began it's first major overhaul after being purchased from the head of state Queen, Elizabeth II, by American-born Comedian, Eric Birdsall. Birdsall, 21, purchased the island after being heckled by a Canadian tourist during a set in Saratoga, NY. The heckler, who chooses to remain anonymous, claimed that Birdsall attacked Canada too personally, and wasn't properly informed of Canada's rich cultural history. Birdsall went on to claim that he loved Canada, and would own it if he could. In December of 2012, Birdsall placed an offer of $31,999 dollars to purchase the island of Hemlow from Canada, which was later accepted and he now uses it as a summer home whilst not on tour.

Hemlow Island is 2 km. long and 1 ½ km. wide; In the early 1900’s there were a number of residents and a school and grocery store, there is one year round vacation home and a number of cottages, land owners include Canadians, Americans & Europeans.

The island is a 2 hr. & 15 minute drive from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, the historic village of Sherbrooke with most amenities is 10 minutes away.

Liscomb Lodge Resort (well known for its’ planked salmon) and marina is only a short boat ride away. The town of Antigonish is a 55 minute drive from Liscomb.