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Nova Scotia

Things to see in Nova Scotia

33 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

The Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia on Main Street in Yarmouth

Yarmouth · History & Heritage

Fire Engine Museum (Yarmouth)

Nova Scotia firefighting history and antique engines
A stone gateway with the word "CITADEL" carved into the keystone, flanked by stone walls and a grassy rampart, with a soldier in a red coat and kilt standing guard in the foreground.

Halifax · Castles & Forts

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

A star-shaped fortress sits on the hill above downtown Halifax, and from its ramparts the whole harbour spreads out belo...
AI-generated illustration of Lunenburg Town Square

Lunenburg · City Centers

Lunenburg Town Square

UNESCO World Heritage site in historic Lunenburg
A coastal landscape featuring rocky headlands jutting into the ocean, with dense green vegetation and small pink wildflowers in the foreground.

Cape Breton Island · Coastal & Maritime

The Cabot Trail

Few drives in Eastern Canada have the reputation of the Cabot Trail. It loops for about 298 kilometres around the northe...
A low-angle photograph of a large, modern concrete bell tower structure with a distinctive stepped, angular design and green copper roofs over the belfry openings, situated on a grassy hill with a Canadian flag visible on the left.

Halifax · History & Heritage

Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower

The Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower stands in Fort Needham Memorial Park, on a hill in the north end of Halifax, N...
A gravel path leading across a small, cream-colored stone bridge with decorative urns, surrounded by lush green gardens and trees, with a gazebo visible in the background.

Halifax · City Centers

Halifax Public Gardens

The Halifax Public Gardens occupy a full city block in central Halifax, Nova Scotia, bounded by Spring Garden Road, Summ...
A modern building with a distinctive A-frame roof, stone facade, and large glass windows, situated on a grassy slope with a Canadian flag flying on a tall pole to the left.

Cape Breton Island · Historic Houses

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

Across the water from Baddeck, in Nova Scotia, on a green headland of Bras d'Or Lake, stands the summer estate where one...
A large, three-masted replica sailing ship (the French frigate Hermione) is docked at a wooden pier in a harbor, with a backdrop of colorful, historic wooden buildings on a hillside.

Lunenburg · Architecture

Lunenburg Waterfront and Old Town

Old Town Lunenburg is a small port on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, about 100 kilometres southwest of Halifax, and one...
The Baddeck waterfront and wharf on the Bras d'Or Lake

Cape Breton Island · Historic Houses

Baddeck Village

Baddeck is a small village on the shore of the Bras d’Or Lake, the great inland sea at the centre of Cape Breton Island...
Stalls inside the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market

Halifax · Districts

Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market

On weekends, the old waterfront smells of fresh bread, coffee and smoked fish, and thousands of people come to the Halif...
AI-generated illustration of Tusket Island Tours

Yarmouth · Boat Tours

Tusket Island Tours

Boat tours to Tusket Islands from Wedgeport, NS
The red Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic on the Lunenburg waterfront

Lunenburg · Historic Towns

Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Maritime museum in UNESCO World Heritage Lunenburg