Nova Scotia Adventure

“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault 

We're hoping that the third time's the charm. We've tried to visit Nova Scotia twice before. In 2016 we wanted to take the boat to Nova Scotia while we were in Maine, but we ran out of time and never made it that far east. Our second attempt was in 2019. That year we planned a road trip to Nova Scotia, but Hurricane Dorian kept us away. Instead we had a wonderful trip discovering New Brunswick and the Bay of Fundy. This year our plan is taking the ferry from Bar Harbor over to Yarmouth, NS. The ferry will shorten the time it'll take us to get to Nova Scotia and give us more time to explore. 

History Lesson: Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located on the eastern seaboard, it's one of Canada’s Maritime Provinces, which also includes New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Nova Scotia's past and present are tied closely to the maritime life of fishing, shipbuilding and transatlantic shipping. It became the site of the first permanent European settlement in North America north of Florida when the French established a fur-trading post at Port Royal, which is near present-day Annapolis Royal in 1605. Early explorers gave the area the name Acadia, but the present name, which means “New Scotland” in Latin, was the result of a brief Scottish claim to the region in the 1620s.  

The province is roughly 360 miles long and 80 miles wide, it comprises the peninsula of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and a number of small adjacent islands. The city of Halifax is the capital.