for cruising in pleasure yachts. A scenic provincial park at Graves Island just east of Chester is a popular camping destination. Mahone Bay is home to numerous picturesque working fishing communities, one of the most famous being the communities of Big Tancook and Little Tancook, on Big Tancook Island and Little Tancook Island respectively. Other important fishing ports include Blandford. In popular culture Frank Parker Day's novel Rockbound takes place on the fictional island of the same name, which was based on the nearby island of East Ironbound and includes references to many other Mahone Bay islands and towns. Day visited the area and created Rockbound as a fictionalized, exaggerated account of life on the islands. Mahone Bay contains Oak Island, well known in connection with tales of buried treasure. The 2006 independent movie 'A Stone's Throw' was filmed primarily in and around Mahone Bay. References External links "Mahone Bay". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Bays of Nova Scotia Landforms of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia