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Tourism on the Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)

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Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum

The Eastern Shore is a tourism region of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] It provides two percent of the revenue for the province's tourism economy.[2] One of its key features is an archipelago known as the 100 Wild Islands area.[3]

Museums and Attractions

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Outdoors, Beaches and Parks

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The list does not include surfing attractions.

Trails

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Art

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  • Old School Gallery
  • Clipper Gallery
  • Eastern Shores Gallery
    • This art and gift shop includes a weekend market and flower shop and is supplying tourists with locally-made gifts and crafts from over 40 artists along the Eastern Shore. This store and the work is in the Forest Hills Shopping Centre in Head of Jeddore next to a Sobeys location.
  • Black Sheep Gallery
    • This is an art gallery located in West Jeddore, in a converted fish plant, and features over forty different provincial folk artists.
  • Barry Colpitts House
    • Barry Colpitts is an artist who lives in this house in East Ship Harbour, which is highly decorated and is an attraction.

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Shore". NovaScotia.com. Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. ^ "2019 Tourism Performance". Tourism Nova Scotia. Tourism Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. ^ "100 Wild Islands". 100wildislands.ca. Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  4. ^ "Shearwater Avaiation Museum".
  5. ^ "L'Acadie de Chezzetcook".
  6. ^ "Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre and Cultural Centre".
  7. ^ "Moose River Gold Mines Museum".
  8. ^ "Icelandic Memorial".
  9. ^ "Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum".
  10. ^ "Fisherman's Life Museum".
  11. ^ "Memory Lane Heritage Village".
  12. ^ "MacPhee House Museum".
  13. ^ "Goldenville Gold Mining Interpretive Centre".
  14. ^ "Sherbrooke Village".
  15. ^ "Saint Mary's River Salmon Museum".
  16. ^ "Baird's Tradesman Museum".
  17. ^ "Port Bickerton Lighthouse".
  18. ^ "Goldboro Interpretive Centre".
  19. ^ "Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum".
  20. ^ "Canso Islands National Historic Site".
  21. ^ "Whitman House Museum".
  22. ^ "Prince Henry Sinclair Monument".
  23. ^ "Chedabucto Place Performance Centre".
  24. ^ "Mulgrave Road Theatre".
  25. ^ "Old Court House 1843".
  26. ^ "Mulgrave Heritage Centre".