Places to visit in Nova Scotia, Canada
10 places to visit in Nova Scotia, Canada, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Grand-Pré, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Old Town Lunenburg and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Nova Scotia volume.
3 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 4 Famous places to visit · 3 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Nova Scotia (3)
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Grand-Pré
A farming landscape on the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, with meadows that Acadian settlers drained with dykes from the 1680s. It is a symbol of Acadian history and is linked to the deportation of the Acadians from 1755.
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Sea cliffs along the Bay of Fundy that expose rocks and fossils from the Carboniferous coal age, about 310 million years ago. The fossils include upright tree trunks and some of the earliest known reptiles, and strong tides uncover new finds.
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Old Town Lunenburg
A colourful fishing port on the south shore of Nova Scotia, laid out in 1753 on a British colonial grid. It is the best surviving planned British colonial settlement in North America, and its wooden houses and waterfront are a World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Nova Scotia (4)
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Cape Breton Island
The rugged northern island of Nova Scotia, joined to the mainland by a causeway. It holds the Cabot Trail and Cape Breton Highlands National Park, and Gaelic and Acadian music are still alive across the island.
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Fortress of Louisbourg
A National Historic Site on Cape Breton Island with a one quarter reconstruction of an 18th century French fortress. Its two sieges, especially that of 1758, were turning points in the struggle between France and Britain for North America.
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Oak Island
A small wooded island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, joined to the mainland by a causeway. Treasure hunters have dug there since the 1790s, searching for the legendary Money Pit. The island is privately owned, and its mystery has drawn television crews and many theories over the years.
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Sable Island
A thin crescent of sand dunes about 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax, in the Atlantic. It is famous for its wild horses and for the many shipwrecks along its shores, and it forms part of a national park reserve.
Hidden gems in Nova Scotia (3)
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park
A national park on northern Cape Breton Island, covering 948 square kilometres. It was the first national park in the Atlantic provinces, and the Cabot Trail winds along its coastal cliffs and over its highland plateau.
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Citadel Hill
A National Historic Site in Halifax. Four fortifications called Fort George have stood on the hill since the British founded the city in 1749, though only the third was officially named so. The current star shaped fort looks over the harbour.
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Peggys Point Lighthouse
An active lighthouse at Peggys Cove on the Atlantic shore of Nova Scotia, established in 1868. It stands on bare granite rocks and is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and an image iconic of Canada.
Collecting in Nova Scotia
What are the best places to visit in Nova Scotia?
LOQAH lists 10 places in Nova Scotia. The best known include Grand-Pré, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Old Town Lunenburg, Cape Breton Island and Fortress of Louisbourg. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Nova Scotia?
10, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Nova Scotia?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Nova Scotia before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Nova Scotia and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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