What places are there in Nova Scotia that is really famous?

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brian s

In addition to the above recommendations:

- Pugwash, for the Pugwash Conferences which have won the Noble Peace Prize;
- the fossil cliffs of Joggins, just named a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Lunenburg is also one)
- The Fortress of Louisbourg (the sieges of the fortress are credited with laying the seeds of the American Revolution;
- Grand Pre, the deportation of the Acadians launched Cajun society in Louisiana;
- Baddeck, this is where Alexander Graham Bell lived and where he is buried;
- the Bras d'Or Lakes, the largest inland sea in the world;
- the Cabot Trail, one of the most famous drives in the world
- the Highlands Links, which are the number one public golf course in Canada and rated in the top 100 in the world;
- the Habitant at Port Royal, where Champlain and Sieur de Monts established the first European settlement in North America.

Gypsy

Peggy's Cove, the Bay of Fundy which is in voting as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Mahone Bay, Parrsboro for the famous dinosaur fossil finds, Cabot Trail in Cape Breton and many, many more as well as those places mentioned in other answers. Google it!

Michael C...

"Hi"....This place came immediately to mind and the reason is this.....I'm not sure if you are Canadian but if you are look at the back of a Canadian dime ! ( 10 cents) you'll see a sailing ship and it's the Bluenose.

Lunenburg , "Nova Scotia" is the birthplace of the world famous schooner Bluenose.

The Bluenose was a celebrated racing ship (and hard-working fishing vessel) and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians

Bluenose, under full sail, is portrayed on the 1929 Canadian Bluenose postage stamp as well as on two other stamps issued in 1982 and 1999 and also appears on the current Nova Scotia licence plate. The depiction of a generic schooner on the Canadian dime has for years been commonly known as the Bluenose. In 2002, the government of Canada declared the depiction on the dime to be the Bluenose.

Designed by William RouÃ© and built by Smith and Rhuland, Bluenose was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921, as a racing ship and fishing vessel. This was in response to the defeat of the Nova Scotian Fishing Schooner Delawana by the Gloucester fishing schooner Esperanto in 1920. That race was sponsored by the Halifax Herald newspaper.

After a season fishing on the Grand Banks, Bluenose defeated Elsie (out of Gloucester, Massachusetts), returning the trophy to Nova Scotia. During the next 17 years of racing, no challenger, American or Canadian, could wrest the International Fishermen's Trophy from her. It is notable that she was no mere racing ship, but also a general fishing craft that was worked hard throughout her lifetime.

Lunenburg Nova Scotia is very famous because of the Bluenose so hope that helps ya ! *S (Michael C...)

Chris I

I think Peggy's Cove and Highland National Park must qualify as famous. Every time I've ever been to those places I have met people from all over North America.

Pier 21, Grand Pre, Louisburg and Springhill have all played roles in Canadian History and Halifax itself is one of the largest natural, ice free harbours in the world.

E.G. Emeritus

Many books and documentaries have studied Oak Island near Chester, rumoured to be the site of buried pirate treasure.

hermama65

the anne murray museum in springhill, nova scotia

the springhill coal mines

Edg1

This place has been on TV a few times.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGklRXXSdJjngBeH5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyMHJjczI1BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA0gyMDRfNzY-/SIG=11r5lovlh/EXP=1227402967/**http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island

Peter M

nothing

nowaynohow

There are no places, other than Halifax, which anyone else will know about at all.

I spent a lovely vacation on the western half of the island. I think it would be a hideous place in winter, though.

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