Smuggler's Cove Provincial Park
Nova Scotia
Named for its popularity with 19th-century pirates, this park is today frequented by picnickers. A hundred wooden stairs take you down to a rocky beach…
Must-see attractions in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery
Halifax
Brewing the good stuff since 1820, this is one of the oldest breweries in North America. Now part of a complex of shops, bars, gift stores and the…
Halifax
Natural history with a Nova Scotian bent is the modus operandi of this interesting museum, where informative exhibits cover everything from the gold rush…
Annapolis Valley
Formerly known as Annapolis Highland Winery, this place specializes in craft cider made with 100% Nova Scotia apples, sometimes mixed with soft fruit. It…
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum
Saint John
With various artifacts and photographs, this modest museum traces the history and culture of Saint John's Jewish community, whose members included Louis B…
New Brunswick
Follow the engaging, bilingual exhibits along the story of the Acadians from when the first French pioneers arrived in 1524, through their expulsion by…
Nova Scotia
Go shopping, 1780s style, at this merchant's house, once owned by traders George and Robert Ross, who supplied Shelburne's residents with staple goods and…
New Brunswick
For a century, smoked herring was king on Grand Manan. A thousand men and women worked splitting, stringing and drying fish in 300 smokehouses up and down…
Halifax
Atop Citadel Hill, Halifax's Palladian-style town clock looks as though it would be more at home in a Venetian lane, but it has been faithfully keeping…
Cape Breton Island
In Sydney's North End, well-preserved Jost House belonged to merchant Samuel Sparrow. It has a modest collection of artifacts and furniture illustrating…
Charlottetown
This striking colonial mansion, with its grand hall, Palladian window and Doric columns, has been home to PEI's lieutenant governors since 1835. As it is…
New Brunswick
A favorite spot for seal-watching, the diminutive Mulholland Lighthouse was built in 1884 to guide ships through Lubec Narrows. Next door the Marine…
Annapolis Valley
Known for its dramatic red cliffs (some 180m high) overlooking the fast-moving tides of the Bay of Fundy, this beautiful 760-hectare park makes a great…
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
Nova Scotia
In 2015 Birchtown's Black Loyalist Heritage Centre and museum was moved to its shiny new facility 7km outside town, on the site of what was Canada's…
Cape Breton Island
Mi-Carême, celebrated in the middle of Lent, is Chéticamp's answer to Mardi Gras. Locals wear masks and disguises, and visit houses in a bid to get people…
New Brunswick
Housed in what looks like a 1970s church, this lovely, nonprofit local gallery showcases local and regional artists, as well as well-known historic and…
Nova Scotia
This moving memorial commemorates the 229 people who lost their lives on September 2, 1998, when Swissair Flight 111, bound for Geneva, Switzerland,…
Annapolis Valley
The Kings Historical Society runs this local-history museum where you can visit a replica courtroom and Victorian parlor, and view exhibits exploring…
Cape Breton Island
Built in 1787, Cossit House is the oldest residence in Sydney and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Nova Scotia. It was the home of Reverend Ranna…
New Brunswick
Built for Elisha Andrews, one of the first high sherrifs in the county, this 1820 neoclassical house has been restored to his middle-class home in the…
Ottawa House Museum By-the-Sea
Nova Scotia
This 21-room mansion was once the summer home of Sir Charles Tupper (1821–1915), who served as premier of Nova Scotia and also as prime minister of Canada…
Nova Scotia
Just 7km west of Economy, Five Islands Provincial Park offers several good hikes. The 4.5km Red Head Trail is well developed, with lookouts, benches and…
Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area
Nova Scotia
About 30km northwest of Tatamagouche, this vast sanctuary protects 585 hectares, including tidal and freshwater wetlands. A 4km loop trail winds through…
Annapolis Valley
Waterfront Park offers a stunning view of the tidal mudflats, Minas Basin and the red cliffs of Cape Blomidon. Displays explain the tides, dikes, flora…
Rushton's Beach Provincial Park
Nova Scotia
Small cottages crowd around Rushton's Beach, just east of Tatamagouche in Brule. It's worth a visit to look for seals (turn left at the end of the…
Orwell Corner Historic Village
Charlottetown
This intriguing site 28km east of Charlottetown brings the past back to life, with an array of period buildings including a blacksmith's, schoolhouse,…
New Brunswick
The tiny country hamlet of Hartland is home to the granddaddy of New Brunswick's many wooden covered bridges. The photogenic and still-functioning 390m…
Charlottetown
Rising from the ashes of a 1913 fire, the three towering stone spires of this Catholic, neo-Gothic basilica are now a Charlottetown landmark. The marble…
Prince Edward Island
The Confederation Trail begins (or ends!) two blocks south of the church on School St. The Tignish Cultural Centre, near the church, has a good exhibition…
Blue Sea Beach Provincial Park
Nova Scotia
Blue Sea Beach, on the Malagash Peninsula, has warm water and fine sand, and a marsh area just inland that's ideal for bird-watching. There are picnic…
Prince Edward Island
Blessed are the cheesemakers, or so they say. This one produces numerous variants of Gouda, which makes the perfect addition to any picnic hamper…
Islands Historical Society Museum
Annapolis Valley
Island life is explored at this little museum, which has lots of boat models, vintage fishing gear, sepia-tinted photos and a small exhibit on one-time…
Prince Edward Island
If you'll be waiting a while at the ferry terminal, it's worth visiting this 1876 lighthouse, which has a good gift shop, a small shipbuilding gallery and…
Inverness County Centre for the Arts
Cape Breton Island
Inverness County Centre for the Arts is a beautiful establishment with several galleries and an upmarket gift shop featuring works by local and regional…
Annapolis Valley
Originally built in 1809, this rugged outpost has seen many incarnations over the years. Its present form, a striking red-and-white-striped concrete tower…
Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House
Prince Edward Island
This museum tells the story of the booming shipbuilding industry in the 19th century. It's located in a painstakingly restored Victorian-era home known as…
Nova Scotia
St Bernard is known for its church, a huge granite structure built by locals who added one row of blocks each year between 1910 and 1942. It has…
Nova Scotia
Escape Truro's busy streets at Victoria Park, 400 hectares of green space in the very center of town that includes a deep gorge and two waterfalls. The…
Nova Scotia
This handsome, scarlet-topped 110m lighthouse atop Cape George Point overlooks the calm waters of St Georges Bay. The present light (the third) was built…
Cape Breton Island
This small crescent of sand is pretty much as far north as you can get in Nova Scotia. The name is believed to derive from the beach's popularity as a…
