Turn Left

We departed Halifax and turned left. It didn't really matter which way we turned as we wanted to traverse all of Nova Scotia anyway. The first town to cross is Peggy's Cove which is just as quaint as all the photos you have seen of it.

A sad note around Peggy's Cove is the memorial to the Swiss Air flight that fell into the ocean just off the coast there in 1998.

Then on to Lunenburg. Old Town Lunenburg has been designated by the Government of Canada as a place of National Historic Significance. Lunenburg is part of the family of National Historic Sites, one of more than 800 places across Canada which help define the important aspects of Canada's diverse heritage and identity.It was established in 1753 as the first British Colonial settlement in Nova Scotia outside of Halifax. That was also where the Bluenose II was docked. We were lucky to see it as it was due to be dry-docked for repairs a couple of days later.


The drive along the south east coast is amazing. There is a picture at every curve of the road. Our next stop was Shelburne, a town we knew nothing about but once there had trouble leaving. That is also where we discovered the Association of Unique Country Inns, the first of many that we slept in. If you are travelling Nova Scotia, these Inns are highly recommended (by me) and here is their website: click here

We rounded the western most point of Nova Scotia and drove on to the Annapolis Valley. We stopped in Annapolis Royal, a lovely town on the west side of the valley. During our stay there we visited Port Royal, a Parks Canada site which is a reconstruction of early 17th- century buildings representing the former colony of the French who settled for a time along the Nova Scotia coast.


We continued along the water line on our way to PEI. Our rest this time was in Parrsboro, once again a town we had no knowledge of. I could have spent a week there, especially at the Inn we booked into. And it was once again a surprise as the towns we passed on our way there were certainly nothing to write home about (sorry towns on the way there).