Location: Several Islands in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Purchased: N/A
Current Value: $2.5 million*

Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer who has penned famous novels like The English Patient, Warlight, In the Skin of a Lion, and Anil’s Ghost. The author has resided on several islands with his millions, including Mahone Bay, located in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Mahone Bay is a very picturesque tourist destination, complete with quaint towns and idyllic waters. It has recently gotten a reputation as a startup and entrepreneurial haven, and Ondaatje, who moved to Canada in the early 1960s, is one of its most famous residents. The population of Mahone Bay is just 1,036.