Land for sale in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
152 land and acreage listings in Guysborough County. Median asking price $89,000; 39 bare-land lots of 10 acres or more at a median $2,035/ac. 68 have ocean, lake or river frontage and 6 a creek through the land.
Price cuts in Guysborough County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.5 acres on the ocean Lot 19 · Gegogan Harbour |
$98,900 was $125,000 | 25.5 | $3,872/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 62 acres Sherbrooke |
$45,000 was $49,900 | 62 | $726/ac | below market | |
| 1 acre on a lake Lot 4A · Eight Island Lake |
$329,900 was $349,900 | 1 | $329,900/ac | Lakefront | |
| 5 acres Sand Point |
$28,500 was $29,500 | 5 | $5,700/ac | below market | |
| 4.3 acres on the water Boylston |
$1,449,000 was $1,499,000 | 4.3 | $338,551/ac | Waterfront | |
| 18 acres on the ocean Halfway Cove |
$560,000 was $575,000 | 18 | $31,111/ac | Oceanfront |
Price per acre by lot size in Guysborough County
Median asking price per acre of the 130 listings of 1 acre or more that state a size.
All listings in Guysborough County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 acres Peas Brook |
$160,000 | 235 | $682/ac | below market | |
| 372 acres Lot 16 · Halfway Cove |
$260,000 | 372 | $699/ac | below market | |
| 62 acres Sherbrooke |
$45,000 | 62 | $726/ac | below market | |
| 80 acres Stormont |
$78,900 | 80 | $986/ac | below market | |
| 88 acres Lot 1 · West Cooks Cove |
$89,900 | 88 | $1,022/ac | below market | |
| 141 acres Isaacs Harbour North |
$155,000 | 141 | $1,101/ac | below market | |
| 60 acres MacPherson Lake, Port Shoreham |
$70,000 | 60 | $1,167/ac | below market | |
| 41 acres with a creek Upper Big Tracadie |
$49,900 | 41 | $1,217/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 54.9 acres with a creek Queensport |
$69,000 | 54.9 | $1,256/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 32.9 acres with a creek Country Harbour |
$45,000 | 32.9 | $1,368/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 21 acres Mulgrave |
$29,000 | 21 | $1,381/ac | below market | |
| 142 acres Hadleyville |
$198,800 | 142 | $1,399/ac | near market | |
| 25 acres Lundy |
$40,000 | 25 | $1,600/ac | below market | |
| 84 acres Mulgrave |
$135,000 | 84 | $1,607/ac | near market | |
| 34.1 acres with a creek Country Harbour |
$55,000 | 34.1 | $1,613/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 26.9 acres Country Harbour |
$45,000 | 26.9 | $1,673/ac | below market | |
| 131 acres West Side Country Harbour |
$225,000 | 131 | $1,718/ac | above market | |
| 25.2 acres Country Harbour |
$45,000 | 25.2 | $1,786/ac | below market | |
| 58 acres on a river Cross Roads Country Harbour |
$118,000 | 58 | $2,034/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 170 acres on a lake Tompkinsville |
$345,000 | 170 | $2,035/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 12.9 acres Ogden |
$28,900 | 12.9 | $2,235/ac | below market | |
| 67 acres Port Bickerton |
$165,000 | 67 | $2,463/ac | near market | |
| 39.5 acres Mulgrave |
$99,000 | 39.5 | $2,503/ac | above market | |
| 17 acres Aspen |
$45,000 | 17 | $2,647/ac | below market | |
| 23 acres on the water Aulds Cove |
$65,000 | 23 | $2,826/ac | Waterfront | near market |
| 62.4 acres West Side Country Harbour |
$185,000 | 62.4 | $2,964/ac | above market | |
| 27 acres Melrose |
$89,000 | 27 | $3,296/ac | near market | |
| 25.5 acres on the ocean Lot 19 · Gegogan Harbour |
$98,900 | 25.5 | $3,872/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 46 acres on the water Little Liscomb |
$189,600 | 46 | $4,122/ac | Waterfront | near market |
| 5.1 acres on a river Lot 45 · Guysborough County |
$21,750 | 5.1 | $4,290/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 29 acres Guysborough |
$125,000 | 29 | $4,310/ac | above market | |
| 30 acres Guysborough County |
$149,000 | 30 | $4,967/ac | above market | |
| 25 acres on the ocean Sherbrooke |
$125,000 | 25 | $5,000/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 29 acres on the ocean Manassette Lake |
$149,000 | 29 | $5,138/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 17 acres with a creek Lot 3 · Steep Creek |
$89,000 | 17 | $5,235/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 5.3 acres Ogden |
$29,900 | 5.3 | $5,631/ac | below market | |
| 39.6 acres on the ocean Lot 6 · Little Liscomb |
$225,000 | 39.6 | $5,682/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 48.3 acres on a lake St. Mary's |
$274,900 | 48.3 | $5,688/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 5 acres Sand Point |
$28,500 | 5 | $5,700/ac | below market | |
| 110 acres Marie Joseph |
$699,900 | 110 | $6,363/ac | ||
| 4.8 acres Ogden |
$32,500 | 4.8 | $6,771/ac | below market | |
| 46 acres on the ocean Wine Harbour |
$349,900 | 46 | $7,607/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 9.1 acres on the ocean Phillips Harbour |
$70,000 | 9.1 | $7,677/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 2.7 acres Harbour Road Cross Roads |
$22,000 | 2.7 | $8,244/ac | below market | |
| 10.6 acres Lot 6 · Liscomb |
$89,900 | 10.6 | $8,520/ac | below market | |
| 2.5 acres Guysborough |
$22,000 | 2.5 | $8,729/ac | below market | |
| 4.3 acres Hazel Hill |
$40,000 | 4.3 | $9,302/ac | below market | |
| 100 acres Mulgrave |
$960,000 | 100 | $9,600/ac | above market | |
| 30 acres on the ocean Isaacs Harbour |
$289,900 | 30 | $9,663/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 4.5 acres Halfway Cove |
$43,500 | 4.5 | $9,667/ac | near market | |
| 7.3 acres on the ocean Lot 1 · Spanish Ship Bay |
$72,900 | 7.3 | $9,972/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 6.4 acres on a river Lot 8 · Aspen |
$65,000 | 6.4 | $10,117/ac | River frontage | near market |
| 7.4 acres on the ocean Lot 4 · Wine Harbour |
$75,000 | 7.4 | $10,185/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 3.7 acres on the ocean Guysborough |
$39,000 | 3.7 | $10,598/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 8 acres Guysborough |
$89,500 | 8 | $11,188/ac | above market | |
| 6.2 acres on the ocean Phillips Harbour |
$70,000 | 6.2 | $11,241/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 6.9 acres on the ocean Lot 4 · Holland Harbour |
$89,000 | 6.9 | $12,880/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 25 acres on a lake Queensport |
$329,000 | 25 | $13,160/ac | Lakefront | |
| 1.3 acres Manassette Lake |
$18,000 | 1.3 | $13,846/ac | below market | |
| 4.8 acres Lot 14 · Cole Harbour |
$69,000 | 4.8 | $14,336/ac | near market | |
| 6.7 acres on the ocean Ecum Secum |
$99,000 | 6.7 | $14,820/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.1 acres on a river North Riverside |
$46,500 | 3.1 | $15,000/ac | River frontage | near market |
| 15 acres on the ocean Isaacs Harbour North |
$225,000 | 15 | $15,000/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 1.5 acres Country Harbour |
$25,000 | 1.5 | $16,667/ac | below market | |
| 2.8 acres on the ocean Lot 1 · Country Harbour |
$47,500 | 2.8 | $17,025/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.2 acres with a creek Peas Brook |
$54,900 | 3.2 | $17,103/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 3.2 acres on the ocean Ecum Secum |
$54,990 | 3.2 | $17,131/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 23 acres Stillwater |
$435,000 | 23 | $18,913/ac | ||
| 2.6 acres Mulgrave |
$49,900 | 2.6 | $19,192/ac | near market | |
| 2.3 acres on the ocean Tor Bay |
$44,500 | 2.3 | $19,778/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 5.9 acres on the ocean Lot 9 · Country Harbour |
$117,000 | 5.9 | $19,811/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.5 acres Lochiel Lake |
$49,999 | 2.5 | $20,000/ac | below market | |
| 4.4 acres Port Shoreham |
$89,000 | 4.4 | $20,227/ac | near market | |
| 1 acre Upper Whitehead |
$21,900 | 1 | $21,900/ac | below market | |
| 2.7 acres Sherbrooke |
$59,900 | 2.7 | $21,963/ac | near market | |
| 1.4 acres Lot 17 · Country Harbour |
$29,900 | 1.4 | $21,985/ac | below market | |
| 3.6 acres on the ocean Lot 12 · Cole Harbour |
$79,500 | 3.6 | $22,066/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 10.7 acres Charlos Cove |
$245,000 | 10.7 | $22,897/ac | ||
| 2.5 acres on the ocean Lot 9-4 · Whitehead |
$59,000 | 2.5 | $23,600/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 2.3 acres Sherbrooke |
$54,900 | 2.3 | $24,035/ac | below market | |
| 1.2 acres Lot 18 · Country Harbour |
$29,900 | 1.2 | $24,694/ac | below market | |
| 3.6 acres on the ocean Sand Point |
$89,000 | 3.6 | $24,722/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 6.8 acres on a river Lot 13 · Goldenville |
$169,000 | 6.8 | $24,926/ac | River frontage | near market |
| 2 acres Isaacs Harbour |
$49,900 | 2 | $24,950/ac | near market | |
| 1 acre Black Avon |
$25,000 | 1 | $25,000/ac | below market | |
| 2.3 acres on the ocean Lot 9-3 · Whitehead |
$59,000 | 2.3 | $25,652/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 4.8 acres on a river Lot 5 · St. Marys River |
$125,000 | 4.8 | $26,105/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 4 acres on the ocean Lots 15–15-1 · Cole Harbour |
$110,000 | 4 | $27,377/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 6 acres Mulgrave |
$169,000 | 6 | $28,167/ac | above market | |
| 4 acres on a lake Sherbrooke |
$114,990 | 4 | $28,748/ac | Lakefront | near market |
| 4 acres on the ocean Sherbrooke |
$115,000 | 4 | $28,750/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 25 acres on the ocean Liscomb |
$759,900 | 25 | $30,396/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 18 acres on the ocean Halfway Cove |
$560,000 | 18 | $31,111/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 25 acres Guysborough |
$789,000 | 25 | $31,560/ac | ||
| 5 acres on a river Lot 11 · Goldenville |
$160,000 | 5 | $32,000/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 3 acres Sherbrooke |
$94,900 | 3 | $32,071/ac | near market | |
| 2.9 acres Sherbrooke |
$94,900 | 2.9 | $32,346/ac | near market | |
| 3.6 acres on the ocean Lot 2-1 · Lesterdale |
$125,000 | 3.6 | $34,648/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 1.1 acres on a river Lot 2 · Country Harbour Mines |
$39,900 | 1.1 | $34,762/ac | River frontage | near market |
| 3.4 acres on the ocean Lot 8 · Cole Harbour |
$120,000 | 3.4 | $35,714/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
About Guysborough County
The area
Guysborough County is the eastern end of mainland Nova Scotia, running west from the Strait of Canso along the Atlantic coast, with Antigonish County to the north. It covers about 4,040 km² and had about 7,370 people in 2021, down from 7,625 in 2016. About 70 per cent of it is forest. Three municipalities share it: the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (about 4,590 in 2021), with the shiretown of Guysborough and the fishing port of Canso; the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's to the west (about 2,160), centred on Sherbrooke; and the Town of Mulgrave on the strait (about 630). In the Guysborough district most communities lie along the coast and Routes 16, 316 and 344.
History
The county is part of Eskikewa'kik, the "skindresser's territory" district of Mi'kma'ki; the Mi'kmaw name for the St. Mary's River is Napu'saqnuk. The largest group of settlers were Loyalists, Black Loyalists among them, who came after the American Revolution. Shipping, shipbuilding, lumber and fishing built the economy, and gold made Sherbrooke a boom town from the 1860s to the 1880s.
Services and access
St. Martha's Regional Hospital in Antigonish has surgery, obstetrics, intensive care, CT and MRI. Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Eastern Memorial Hospital in Canso and St. Mary's Memorial Hospital in Sherbrooke each have an emergency department; Nova Scotia Health posts temporary changes. From Highway 104, Exit 37 at Monastery leads to Route 16, about 25 minutes from Guysborough; Route 344 follows the strait from Aulds Cove through Mulgrave. Scheduled flights leave from Sydney (about two hours from Guysborough) and Halifax Stanfield (about three). Lobster fishing, forestry and Christmas tree farms are the main resource industries.
Land and climate
Two provincial wilderness areas protect large blocks of inland lakes, bogs, barrens and forest: Bonnet Lake Barrens, open to angling, hunting and canoeing, and Ogden Round Lake in the Mulgrave Hills. Guysborough Memorial Hospital is a drop-off point for water testing, useful for lots on private wells.
Before you buy
One office in Guysborough handles planning and building inspection for all three municipalities: development permits and subdivision approvals come from planning, building permits from the Building and Fire Inspection Department. Both municipal districts have a land use bylaw covering all their land; Mulgrave's covers parts of the town. The Guysborough district's posted 2013 bylaw keeps buildings other than boathouses at least 10 m from the high-water mark of any watercourse or the ocean. A new building lot needs Nova Scotia Environment approval for its septic system, and work on wetlands, culverts or stream banks needs provincial approval or notice. The district's 2020 climate change plan maps shoreline exposed to sea-level rise and storm surge.
Sources
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile API (county and census subdivisions)
- Municipality of the District of Guysborough: history, getting here, forestry and fishing, planning and building
- Municipality of the District of Guysborough, Land Use Bylaw 2013
- Municipality of the District of Guysborough, Climate Change Mitigation Plan (CBCL, 2020)
- Municipality of the District of St. Mary's, building, planning and development
- Town of Mulgrave, building inspection and planning services
- Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre, introduction to Mi'kma'ki
- Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia Museum
- Nova Scotia Health, hospital locations
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change, watercourse alteration
- Nova Scotia protected areas, Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area
- Nova Scotia protected areas, Ogden Round Lake Wilderness Area
Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.