Top Things To Do In Nova Scotia: Highlights Of A Family Vacation
We thought we would write this online diary to help you others decide the things they may want to do as long as they ever opt to vacation on Nova Scotia, which we endorse. Please note: All photos in this particular review were taken by me except where noted. Our first dilemma when we chose Nova Scotia as our vacation destination was deciding what area of the province we will focus on.Nova Scotia is Canada's second-smallest province, but i am not saying it's small! One on the men we met on holiday said the province is around equal in proportions to New England, that is certainly about right. So, knowing we'd have to target only one portion of Nova Scotia, we picked the Bay of Fundy due to its natural beauty as well as whale-watching tours. Cape Breton, which looked magnificent inside the tour books, as well as the historical Fort Louisbourg about the eastern end from the peninsula would just need to be skipped. We opt for cabin in the Vidito Family Campground, located within the small capital of scotland - Wilmot Station.
The two-bedroom cabin was that we needed. Basic, very functional, along with the campground's owners were very friendly and accommodating. Less than ten minutes down the road would have been a supermarket, that has been convenient. The cash registers actually have a currency conversion, and so the cashier rings your order, pushes some control and notifys you how much in U.S. One thing that individuals didn't realize until partway through our visit: the Canadian and U.S.
U.S. cash at par. There was you should not exchange the funds at all. The First Day is Almost a Washout! Our first day starts having a severe rainstorm that virtually limits whatever we could do. We elect to head west on the northern shore to look with the scenery while staying dry inside car.
As fortune would have it the rain stops in the same way we got to Annapolis Royal, a little, quaint little town which was once a strategic location for both French and British expansion within the New World. The town's main area provides extensive road work being done, but there was a number of small shops and cafes that have been inviting.
The main thing we needed to see was Fort Anne, a bastion structure built because of the British about the land where French forts once stood. There were 13 battles between British and French over this land, which replaced a remarkable seven times on the centuries (not including taking it from your local Indians). The final battles for that land were in 1744-1746, once the British finally repulsed the French. Not much from the fort is left -- exactly the officer's quarters (developed by Prince Edward), one bunker and a few earthen fortifications. Still, the museum inside is quite complete and there is a copy with the 1621 charter that established Nova Scotia.
The photo here is on the officer's quarters. For more information about the fort, see here. We want to visit the town's historic gardens though the rain started again, and then we visit the tidal generating station instead. The concept from the station is quite simple: capture the incoming tide after it passes via a sluice gate. Then enable the water to rush by way of a turbine eight stories tall to build electricity! We continue west to Church Point to think about St. Mary's Church, the largest wooden church in North America.
Very sturdy and pretty, almost such as a Lego model. Unfortunately, it absolutely was too late from the day to enter the church, which already closed. On the way back we stop in the lighthouse at Gilbert's Cove to marvel at how much on the bay's bottom could possibly be seen in the event the tide is receding. It was easily 20 yards of sand that might have been covered. We check out a pub in Annapolis Royal for supper, where my lady has a nearby scallops and I order the neighborhood clams. Both were delicious, though the homemade seafood chowder was the highlight on the meal.
I have Alexander Keith's pale ale on draft. The beer posseses an even lighter taste than I expected within a pale ale (almost tasted like light beer) and goes well with the fish. The local weather report requires rain on our second day, and we head about 90 minutes south to Halifax, Nova Scotia's largest city located about the south shore.
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