| Cape John | |
| Settlement Type: | Community |
| Pushpin Map: | Nova Scotia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Nova Scotia showing location of Seafoam |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Seafoam, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 45.7903°N -63.0992°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pictou County |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | 4 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor, District 4 |
| Leader Name: | Ronald Baillie[1] |
| Leader Title1: | MLA, Pictou West |
| Leader Name1: | Vacant |
| Leader Title2: | MP, Central Nova |
| Leader Name2: | Sean Fraser |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Max Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 20 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | AST |
| Utc Offset1: | -4 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | B0K 1N0 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code and exchange |
| Area Code: | (902) 351-xxxx |
Cape John is an unincorporated area in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County. It is situated on a cape, bordered by the Northumberland Strait to the north and John Bay, the estuary of the River John, to the south.[3]
A breakwater protects a small harbour and wharves, which are used mainly by small fishing boats and recreational users. There is a fish processing plant near the harbour which mainly handles lobster.[4]
Cape John Beach is a 3 ha Provincial Park Reserve (protected land that has the potential to be a provincial park)[5] which provides public beach access and habitat for a range of birds.[6]
The geology of the area consists of floodplain mudstone, fluvial sandstone, arkosic sandstone, minor amounts of conglomerate and lacustrine limestone all belonging to the Cape John Formation of the Pictou Group of the Stephanian epoch of the Late Carboniferous period, approximately 300 million years ago.[7]