A self-sustaining private island in Canada sold for $6 million — it can only be reached by boat or helicopterNEWS | 29 June 2026The new owner of a private island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, better have access to a boat or helicopter.
Strum Island, a 10-acre property in a collection of over 350 islands in Mahone Bay, sold for $8.4 million Canadian dollars, or about $6 million US dollars, in September 2025 after originally listing for $9.95 million Canadian dollars. It was listed by Tim Allen and Eric Meredith of Coldwell Banker Realty.
The island is about 2,100 feet from the mainland, and about an hour's drive to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The developer, Fred Kern, told Business Insider in 2024 that the property was primarily used for its lodge, named The Lodge at Strum Island.
"It's a lodge," Kern told Business Insider. "They go there and say they wanted to go duck hunting or they wanted to go there for a week to go sailing."
The former owner, Richard Goldenberg, told Business Insider that the buyer could live there if they wanted to — especially because the electricity is connected to the mainland, it has its own well, and its own sewer system.
It's one of the closest islands to the mainland, making it ideal for anyone who doesn't want to be too far from civilization. But because of some of the island's features — from gardens to fishing opportunities — you might not ever have to leave.
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