Grand Manan is specifically located at coordinates 44.42N and 66.48W or right beside White Head Island. The island rests in the Midwestern end of the Bay of Fundy, a body of water between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and home to some of the strongest tides in the world. Located 32 kilometers south of Blacks Harbor, the point on mainland closest to the island is in Washington County, Maine, near the town ofLubec - the easternmost point of the continental United States, where the distance to the island measures 15 km (9.3 mi) across the Grand Manan Channel. Grand Manan is 34 km (21 mi) long and has a maximum width of 18 km (11 mi) with an area of 137 km² (53 miles²)
