1. Birding
2. Crescent Beach, Lockeport
3. Shelburne Harbour Boat Tours
4. Paddling Waterways
Surrounding Areas
Nova Scotia's South Shore: where history, culture, and national parks await you around every curve of its roads.
Major Attractions
Port Joli – Wood’s Harbour
10-Minute Drive
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1. Shelburne County Lobster Festival
2. Shelburne Founders’ Days
3. Nova Scotia Marathon
4. Harmony Bazaar Festival of Women & Song
5. Whirligig and Weathervane Festival
1. Baccaro Point Lighthouse
2. Sand Hills Provincial Park
3. Wood’s Harbour
4. Historic Shelburne Waterfront
5. Swinging Bridge, Sable River
1. Lost at Sea Quilt
2. The Osprey Arts Centre
3. Seal Island Light Museum
4. Shag Harbour UFO Centre
5. The Hawk
1. H Barrington Woolen Mill Museum
2. Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
3. Shelburne County Archive and Genealogy Society
4. Locke Family Streetscape
5. The Seaside Heritage Centre
Major Attractions
Bridgewater – Liverpool
20-Minute Drive
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1. Kayaking and Biking
2. Fishing
3. Hiking at Hirtle’s Beach and Gaff Poin
4. The Ovens Natural Park
5. Surfing
1. Privateer Days
2. Annual South Shore in Motion
3. Annual Hank Snow Tribute
4. Queens County Fair
5. International Ukulele Ceilidh
1. Kejimkujik National Park Seaside
2. Old Growth Hemlock Forest
3. Petite Rivière
4. Port Medway Lighthouse
1. Cameron’s Brook Provincial Park
2. Indian Falls
3. Privateers Farmers’ Market
4. South Shore Exhibition
5. Fort Point Lighthouse
1. The Astor Theatre
2. DesBrisay Museum
3. North Queens Heritage House Museum
4. Queens County Museum and Perkins House
5. Wile Carding Mill Museum
Major Attractions
St. Margaret’s Bay – Lunenburg
1-Hour Drive
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1. Biking the Tancook
2. Islands Bouldering on Dover Island
3. Hiking
4. Kayaking
5. Sailing
1. Boxwood Festival and Workshops
2. Folk Harbour Festival
3. Chester Race Week
4. Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival & Antique Fair
5. Father Christmas Festival
1. Blue Rocks Chester Sailboats and Islands
2. Lunenburg Heritage
3. Architecture and Waterfront
4. Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse
5. Three Churches, Mahone Bay
1. Hubbards Farmers’ Market
2. Ironworks Distillery
3. New Ross Christmas Festival
4. Fo’c’sle Tavern, Nova Scotia’s Oldest Rural Pub
5. The Shore Club
1. Hooked Rug Museum of North America and Fibre Art Market
2. Lordly House Museum
3. Chester Playhouse
4. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
5. Mahone Bay Museum