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Nova Scotia

Things to see in Nova Scotia

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

A wide shot of a reconstructed 18th-century colonial settlement with stone walls, red-roofed buildings, and a church steeple situated on a grassy peninsula across a body of blue water.

Cape Breton Island · Castles & Forts

Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site

The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is a reconstruction of an eighteenth-century French colonial town on t...
The Pier 21 building on the Halifax waterfront, home of the Canadian Museum of Immigration

Halifax · Culture & Leisure

Pier 21 National Historic Site

Between 1928 and 1971, roughly a million and a half people stepped off ocean liners onto the Halifax waterfront and pass...
Victorian bandstand and flower beds in the Halifax Public Gardens

Halifax · Architecture

Public Gardens

The Public Gardens in central Halifax, Nova Scotia, are a formal Victorian garden occupying a full block next to Spring...
A red brick building with a distinctive tall, angular glass tower section, a Canadian flag flying on a pole, and a paved walkway leading to the entrance.

Cape Breton Island · Geological Sites

Sydney Mines Heritage Museum

The Sydney Mines Heritage Museum and the Cape Breton Fossil Centre share a site at 159 Legatto Street in the town of Syd...
A red brick church building with a tall stained-glass window on the gable end, a weather vane on the roof, and a black sign in the front yard reading "St Paul's Anglican Church".

Lunenburg · History & Heritage

St. Paul's Church

Anglican church in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
A scenic coastal view showing a long sandy beach curving along a bay, bordered by a rocky shoreline and steep, forested cliffs in the foreground, with green hills in the background under a blue sky.

Cape Breton Island · Beaches

Ingonish Beach

Two kinds of swimming are available on one beach in Cape Breton, and the line between them is a ridge of pebbles. Ingoni...
A large, weathered grey wooden building with red trim and shutters, situated on a rocky shore, with a yellow dory boat visible on the grass nearby.

Shelburne · History & Heritage

Dory Shop Museum

1865 warehouse preserving Shelburne's dory heritage
A red brick building facade featuring a theatre marquee with "Neptune" and "Fountain Hall" signage, along with posters for "Willpower Presents Broadway on Argyle".

Halifax · History & Heritage

Neptune Theatre

Atlantic Canada's premier professional theatre in downtow...
A long wooden boardwalk extending over a marshy body of water, with a few people walking on it and pink flowers in the foreground.

Yarmouth · Promenades

Waterfront Boardwalks (Yarmouth)

Waterfront boardwalk in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia