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