Colin Lawrence is in custody and facing charges of forcibly abducting his own baby.
Police say a man had taken his 11-day-old baby from the mother without her consent around 4pm Wednesday afternoon.
Police located the man seven hours later, around 11pm on Highway 104 near Oxford, roughly 350 kilometres from Shelburne.
The baby has been returned to her mother.
Lawrence was charged with child abduction and mischief in Bridgewater Provincial Court Thursday afternoon and remanded in custody.
He's scheduled to make a another court appearance at 9:30 Friday morning.