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The Best Attractions In Southwest Nova Scotia

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Southwest Cove is the name of several geographic place names in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia: Southwest Cove, a community in Halifax County Southwest Cove, a community in Lunenburg CountyThere are also several coves with this name in the province located in Guysborough County, Halifax County, Lunenburg County, Queens County, Yarmouth County.
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The Best Attractions In Southwest Nova Scotia

  • 1. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Lunenburg
    The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic operates seasonally from mid May through mid October and is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic commemorates the fishing heritage of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Housed in brightly painted red buildings, with floating vessels at wharfside, the Museum offers a host of attractions, a maritime gift shop and restaurant. Retired fishermen and experienced Heritage Interpreters accentuate the experience of visiting the Museum. Entertaining activities and demonstrations take place daily throughout mid-May to mid-October . The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic is operated by the volunteer Board of Directors of the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society, for the Nova Scotia Museum.
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  • 2. Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens Annapolis Royal
    Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today's Annapolis Royal evolved from the 1605 French settlement of Port Royal , renamed in honour of Queen Anne following the Siege of Port Royal in 1710 by Britain. The town was the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for almost 150 years, until the founding of the City of Halifax in 1749. It was attacked by the British six times before permanently changing hands after the Siege of Port Royal in 1710. Over the next fifty years, the French and their allies made six unsuccessful military attempts to regain the capital. Including a raid during the American Revolution, Annapolis Royal faced a total of thirteen attacks, more than any other place in North America. A...
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  • 3. Fort Anne National Historic Site Annapolis Royal
    Fort Anne is a four-star fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War. Now designated a National Historic Site of Canada, it is managed by Parks Canada. The 1797 officer's quarters was renovated in the 1930s and now house the museum with exhibits about the fort's history and historic artifacts from the area. A 1⁄2-kilometre trail runs along the fort's earthen walls, and provides a view of the Annapolis River and basin.
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  • 4. Port-Royal National Historic Site Annapolis Royal
    Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in the community of Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal. The Habitation at Port-Royal was established by France in 1605 and was that nation's first settlement in North America. Port-Royal served as the capital of Acadia until its destruction by British military forces in 1613. France relocated the settlement and capital 8 km upstream and to the south bank of the Annapolis River ; the site of the present-day town of Annapolis Royal. The relocated settlement kept the same name Port-Royal and served as the capital of Acadia for the majority of the 17th century until the British conquest of the colony in 1710, at which time the settlement ...
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  • 7. Luckett Vineyards Wolfville
    Pete Luckett is a British-Canadian entrepreneur and media personality known as a culinary fruit and vegetable expert. A native of Nottingham, England, Luckett emigrated to Canada in 1979, settling in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the early 1990s, he moved from Saint John to Bedford, Nova Scotia and currently makes his home in Gaspereau, Nova Scotia.
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  • 9. Mavillette Beach Provincial Park Mavillette
    Mavillette is an Acadian community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located near Yarmouth. Home of some of the best scallop diving in the province. It's also famous for Bar clams and other shellfish.
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  • 11. St. John's Anglican Church Lunenburg
    St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . It was the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and was the second oldest remaining Protestant church in present-day Canada until Halloween night, 2001, when St. John's church was destroyed by fire. it has since been rebuilt. The congregation was mainly Lutheran Germans. The first missionary was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was the Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau . Dettlieb Christopher Jessen donated a church bell that is displayed on the church grounds. Jessen also donated the silver Chalice to the church . Bells in the tower were given by Lt. Col. Charles Edwin Kaulbach . Rev. Roger Aitken established the rectory for the church on Townsend Street .
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  • 13. Upper Clements Parks Annapolis Royal
    This is an annotated list of zoos and aquariums that once existed, but are no more.
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  • 15. Kejimkujik Seaside Port Joli
    Kejimkujik National Park is part of the Canadian National Parks system, located in the province of Nova Scotia. The park consists of two separate properties: the main park is located in the upland interior of the Nova Scotia peninsula bordering Queens and Annapolis counties; and the smaller Kejimkujik Seaside unit, located on the Atlantic coast of Queens County. The park covers 404 km2 . The inland unit is designated a National Historic Site of Canada, making Kejimkujik unique in the park system as the only national park whose virtually entire area is a National Historic Site.
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