| Nova Scotia is Canada's Atlantic province with a | | | | turns right on Route 330 to Cape Sable Island, a |
| long history of seafaring and fishing. Its coastline is | | | | noted birding destination. Cape Sable Island offers |
| often rocky and treacherous for all boats that | | | | an excellent view of the stately Cape Sable Light, |
| venture too close, or are lost in the fog banks. | | | | the tallest in Nova Scotia. Just beyond Barrington |
| Lighthouses were built over the years and the | | | | Passage is Barrington, an attractive village with |
| Lighthouse Route is a tour from Yarmouth to | | | | several historic attractions. The replica of the Seal |
| Halifax along Nova Scotia's South Shore. There | | | | Island Light was built in 1979 as a lighthouse |
| are over twenty lighthouses on the Lighthouse | | | | museum. Enjoy the panoramic view of Barrington |
| Route following Hwy 3 for over 570 kms.The | | | | Bay from the top. The massive Fresnel lens is the |
| Lighthouse Route begins, appropriately, at one of | | | | one that warned vessels away from the Seal |
| Nova Scotia's most dramatic and historically | | | | Island shore.At Port La Tour, a right turn off the |
| significant lighthouses. The Yarmouth Light stands | | | | Lighthouse Route leads to Smithville and Baccaro, |
| on the rocky point of Cape Forchu, named by | | | | where the Baccaro Lighthouse offers a terrific |
| Samuel de Champlain in 1604. The original | | | | vantage point for watching seabirds. This loop |
| lighthouse, built in 1839, was replaced by the | | | | road rejoins the Lighthouse Route near Shelburne |
| current structure in the 1960s. Rising 23 meters | | | | but first it turns right at Port Clyde and follows |
| above the ground, the lighthouse's | | | | the coast to Birchtown. About a thousand Blacks |
| two-million-candlepower beam can be seen over | | | | who came to Shelburne with the Loyalist |
| 30 nautical miles out at sea. The town of | | | | migration in 1783 first settled the village of |
| Yarmouth is an historic seaport whose proximity | | | | Birchtown. At the time, this was the largest free |
| to New England and rich offshore fishing grounds | | | | Black settlement in North America. The village |
| contributed to the town's development and | | | | was named in honour of General Birch, the New |
| prosperity.The Lighthouse Route leaves Yarmouth | | | | York commandant who gave protection to Black |
| on Route 3 and after passing Roberts Island and | | | | Loyalists who supported the British during the |
| Glenwood Provincial Park, the side road on Route | | | | Revolutionary War.The next stop is Shelburne, a |
| 335 leads to the French-speaking communities of | | | | town whose rich history and picturesque charm |
| West Pubnico, Middle West Pubnico and Lower | | | | has captured the hearts of many and attracted |
| West Pubnico. Settled in 1653 by Acadians, these | | | | the attention of the film industry. Shelburne was |
| villages make up the oldest Acadian settlement in | | | | settled in 1783 when 3,000 United Empire |
| the province. In Middle West Pubnico, a monument | | | | Loyalists, who had maintained allegiance to the |
| displays millstones used here in 1699. Also in West | | | | British Crown during the American Revolution, |
| Pubnico, the Abbott's Harbour Lighthouse offers a | | | | arrived by ship from New York City, creating an |
| pleasant place for a picnic. The many islands in the | | | | instant boomtown in the wilderness.The |
| area can be explored by sea kayak.Many of the | | | | Lighthouse Route continues along the shore, |
| small towns and villages along this coastline, like | | | | reaching historic Liverpool, "Port of the |
| Wedgeport, West Pubnico and Woods Harbour, | | | | Privateers", the privateering capital of North |
| depend on the sea for their livelihood. Colourful | | | | America between 1760 and 1812. South of |
| fleets of longliners, trawlers and scallop draggers | | | | Liverpool is the scenic Western Head/Mersey |
| work the offshore fishing grounds, while smaller | | | | Point Loop which brings you to the Western Head |
| craft like lobster boats harvest the inshore areas. | | | | Lighthouse, where surfers, a variety of sea birds |
| At Woods Harbour the lighthouse, built in 1900, | | | | and harbour seals are often seen, along with a |
| sits on a rock ledge in the harbour.In Shag | | | | view of Coffin Island Lighthouse in Liverpool Bay. |
| Harbour you can climb the tower in the Chapel Hill | | | | 208 From Liverpool, the Lighthouse Route |
| Museum for a panoramic view of the sea and | | | | continues to Brooklyn, birthplace of the former |
| outlying islands. At night the lights of several | | | | country music star Hank Snow. Now the Route |
| lighthouses- at Cape Sable, Bon Portage Island, | | | | follows a scenic coastal loop to Beach Meadows, |
| Seal Island and Woods Harbour-are visible from | | | | where Beach Meadows Park features a white |
| this point. The rocks around Seal Island, called the | | | | sand beach and more striking views of the Coffin |
| Sea Wolves by Champlain, wrecked hundreds of | | | | Island Lighthouse. In Port Medway, the attractions |
| ships before the building of the first lighthouse in | | | | include the Port Medway Lighthouse Park and the |
| 1830.The Lighthouse Route continues to the busy | | | | Medway Head Lighthouse.Turn right at Crescent |
| service centre of Barrington Passage, where it | | | | Beach and follow the sign to LaHave Islands. |