Nova Scotia East Coast Canada
Book a Nova Scotia tour and your fully guided trip will include a guided tour of Canada’s East coast.
Spearheads and stone knives used by the Paleo-Indians are the oldest evidence of human presence in Nova Scotia. The artifacts have been radiocarbon dated to around 10,600 years BC! Mostly the Mi’kmaq tribe subsequently inhabited Nova Scotia and during the first 150 years of European settlement, colonies consisted of Mi’kmaqs and Catholic Acadians.
Latin for New Scotland, Nova Scotia eventually evolved into one of the four founding provinces of Canada in 1867.
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The Culture of Nova Scotia
The varied wildness of the landscape in Nova Scotia Canada is home to some of the most hospitable people you’ll ever meet. Music and dance are also an inherent part of the culture and many legendary musicians like Hank Snow, Anne Murray, and Sarah McLachlan have their roots in Nova Scotia. Alexander Graham Bell and equestrian jumper Ian Millar were also both from Nova Scotia.
This Maritime province is home to countless artisans who work in leather, glass, wood, pottery, pewter, and stained glass. As well, pulsing strongly just beneath the surface, Nova Scotia is alive with authentic Canadian art, Acadian music, and live theatre.
Geographic Sights of Nova Scotia
From the Bay of Fundy and Cabot Trail to the seaside vineyards and restored fortress towns, Nova Scotia Canada has a flavour all its own. Nova Scotia is home to two national parks and three UNESCO world heritage sites including the Old Lunenberg, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, and the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. The province is also noteworthy for its famous museums celebrating maritime traditions.
Bay of Fundy – This bay between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has the world’s highest tides (ranging from 55 to 70 feet). It is also one of the few places in the world that has 2 high tides and 2 low tides every 24 hours! It’s not unusual to witness a “tidal bore” where the tidal wave travels upriver, against the natural flow of the river.
Sable Island – Located about 190 miles (360km) southwest of Halifax, Sable Island is a small 12 square mile island that is famous for the wild Sable Island horses that roam there. There are over 550 wild horses that are protected from human interference by the National Park Reserve.
Peggy’s Cove – Although just a small rural fishing community, Peggy’s Cove, which is just 26 miles (42km) southwest of Halifax, is famous for the Peggy’s Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse is still active and turned 150 years old in 2018.
Cape Breton Island – This large island is located at the mouth of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the Northern tip of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton makes up nearly one-fifth of the province and is connected to mainland Nova Scotia by near-mile-long Canso Causeway.
Cabot Trail – Wonderfully scenic and stretching 185 miles (298km), Cabot Trail is the highway that loops around the northern tip of Cape Breton Island. The highway where the mountains meet the ocean is named after John Cabot, the famous explorer who first visited the Maritime coast in 1497, just 5 years after Christopher Columbus.
Halifax - Dominated by a star-shaped Citadel, the city of Halifax is the capital city of Nova Scotia Canada. Known for having more clubs and pubs per capita than almost any other city in Canada, Halifax Nova Scotia is a perfect location to tip a pint to Alexander Keith. Keith was the legendary and historical brewmaster who was also mayor of Halifax not once, but three times. Use your beer to wash down one of Nova Scotia’s famous donairs — the official food of Halifax — as you marvel over the waterfront boardwalk alongside the second largest ice-free harbor in the world.
Natural Wonders of Nova Scotia
Surrounded by 8,264 miles (13,300 km) of shoreline and over 3,800 coastal islands, Nova Scotia is home to puffins, otters, harbor seals, and quite often, whales that can be seen in the Bay of Fundy.
On land, the Nova Scotian wildlife includes snowshoe hares, woodchucks, northern flying squirrels, beaver, muskrats, porcupine, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, black bears, mink, cougar, lynx, white-tailed deer, and moose.
About Caravan Tours
Started in 1952, Caravan Tours now offers fully guided tours in Canada, the United States, and in the Central American countries of Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. We are now a second-generation, family-run Chicago based Tour Company.
Please call Caravan Tours Toll-Free at 1-800-Caravan (227-2826) to learn more about Halifax Nova Scotia or our Caravan east coast Canada tour that also includes guided tours of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.