Nova Scotia has two major national parks, Cape Breton Highlands National Park and

Kejimkujik National Park Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis, Queens, Digby, it consists of two separate land areas: an inland part, which is coinc ...

. Nova Scotia is also home to three UNESCO world heritage sites. The two cultural and one natural site are the town of Old Lunenberg, the

Grand-Pré National Historic Site Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian Wa ...

, and the

Joggins Joggins is a rural community located in western Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. On July 7, 2008 a 15-km length of the coast constituting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List.p39 Other organisms fo ...

fossil cliffs. Nova Scotia is also famous for its numerous historical sites, museums, and natural areas.

Halifax

Halifax Citadel Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only ...

- A star shaped fort with a view of Halifax Harbour, constructed in 1749 to defend the city. * Halifax Public Gardens - First planted in 1867, they are among the few surviving Victorian era gardens of Canada. *

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection o ...

- Founded in 1948, today it contains over 30,000 artifacts, 70 small craft, and the steam ship

CSS Acadia CSS ''Acadia'' is a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service. ''Acadia'' served Canada for more than five decades from 1913 to 1969, c ...

. * Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - First established in 1868, this museum's collection includes various historical collections and natural sciences exhibits.

Eastern Shore

''See main page: Tourism on the Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)''

Other attractions

Attractions outside of the Halifax regional municipality include the following: * Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island originally constructed in 1932 specifically to re-brand Nova Scotia as a tourism destination. *

Fortress of Louisbourg The Fortress of Louisbourg (french: Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two siege ...

Originally settled in 1713 and subject to two sieges in the 18th century, it is today operated by Parks Canada as a living history museum. *

Nova Scotia Museum of Industry The Nova Scotia Museum of Industry is a provincial museum located in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, dedicated to the story of Nova Scotia work and workers. Part of the Nova Scotia Museum system, the museum aims to explain how Nova Scotia was affected by ...

in Stellarton which houses over 30,000 objects in its collection, and has exhibits on coal mining and the

Westray Mine The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter ...

disaster of 1992. *

Shubenacadie Wildlife Park The Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park is part of Nova Scotia's Provincial Park System. It is a wildlife park in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada. The 40-hectare park includes animals, an interpretive centre, hiking trails, a picnic area and p ...

is home to various specimens of wildlife found throughout Canada and beyond, and also includes hiking trails, a picnic area, and a playground. *

Peggy's Cove Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in the Halifax Regional Municipality, which is the site of Peggys Cove Lighthouse (established 1868). Geography Peggy's Cove is 43 kilometers (26 miles) ...

, a fishing village southwest of Halifax, known for its lighthouse and scenery.

Transportation in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia has a highly developed highway system which allows for road transportation between various communities and tourism sites within the province.

Maritime Bus Maritime Bus is a Canadian coach operator based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and populatio ...

provides road transportation to/from Nova Scotia from the neighbouring province of New Brunswick.

Marine Atlantic Marine Atlantic Inc. (french: Marine Atlantique) is an independent Canadian federal Crown corporation which is mandated to operate ferry services between the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. Marine Atlantic's corporate he ...

also provides two ferry links to the communities of

Argentia Argentia ( ) is a Canadian commercial seaport and industrial park located in the Town of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated on the southwest coast of the Avalon Peninsula and defined by a triangular shaped headland which r ...

and Port aux Basque, both in the province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

. Nova Scotia is connected to

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

by the

Ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

, a train operated by

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...

. It is also connected to the rest of Canada and the world by Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Nova Scotia Tourism Statistics

An estimated total of 1,659,000 tourists visited Nova Scotia in the months of January - September 2015, a 6 percent increase over the same period in 2014. This trend reverses a decline in the number of tourists that visited Nova Scotia in 2013, particularly during the off-peak season.

Gallery

File:Cabot Trail north of Cheticamp.JPG, Cabot Trail north of Cheticamp File:Halifax Citadel - changing guards.JPG, Halifax Citadel - changing guards File:Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, Nova Scotia, Canada - 23 Aug. 2007.jpg, Bald Eagle at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park File:Hfx Gardens bandstand.JPG, The Halifax Public Gardens on Canada Day File:Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 9-04-04.JPG, Entrance to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic File:Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Joggins, Nova Scotia 01.jpg, The fossil cliffs at Joggins

References

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