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Amherst Shore Provincial Park, Nova Scotia: A Quick Campground Review

November 14, 2023 by kokotg Leave a Comment

Dave, kids, and dogs at Amherst Shore beach

travel dates: June, 2023 I promised to come back with a review of Amherst Shore Provincial Park when I mentioned it in my long post about the Newfoundland Ferry. A review didn’t really make sense in that post since Amherst Shore is 250 miles from the ferry; honestly, Amherst Shore didn’t really make sense for […]

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Filed Under: 2023 Newfoundland Trip, Campground Reviews, Nova Scotia

Pictou, Nova Scotia: A Brewery, a Campground, and a Heritage Quay

July 26, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

The inevitable has happened: it’s time for me to write about our last stop in Nova Scotia. And this makes me sad, because–have I mentioned?–I LOVE Nova Scotia. But all good things must come to an end, or so I’ve heard. Pictou was on our itinerary mostly because it’s close to the ferry to Prince Edward […]

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Filed Under: 2018 East Coast Road Trip, Canada, museums and attractions, Nova Scotia

Miners Museum and Glace Bay: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

July 15, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

Travel date: July 10, 2018 Approximately three minutes in to our coal mine tour at the Miners’ Museum in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, I started to feel a bit panicky. I knew that the ceiling in the mine started out low and only got lower, so that even short adult people like me would have […]

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The Fortress of Louisbourg: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

July 5, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

Looking for a tourist attraction where your kid can learn how to gut a cod? Look no further than the Fortress of Louisbourg! The Fortress of Louisbourg is a National Historic Site with a re-creation of an 18th century French settlement. After our somewhat underwhelming experience with a Canadian living history site at Port Royal, […]

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Mira River Provincial Park, Nova Scotia: Campground Review

June 1, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

Travel dates: July 8-11, 2018 Before our trip, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Nova Scotia provincial parks, because I couldn’t find out much about them online. Take Mira River, for example. There is one lone review of it on CampgroundReviews.com, from way back in 2014. But there aren’t a lot of choices […]

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Baddeck Cabot Trail Campground Review: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

May 28, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

campground review of Baddeck Cabot Trail Campground in Nova Scotia: great base camp for exploring the Cabot Trail and surrounding area

Baddeck, Nova Scotia is known as the gateway to the Cabot Trail, as driving the loop will begin and end in the little village. There are a few different campgrounds to choose from in Baddeck, but the efficiently named Baddeck Cabot Trail Campground had the best reviews, so it was our choice. And….I really have […]

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Filed Under: 2018 East Coast Road Trip, Campground Reviews, Canada, Nova Scotia

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

May 27, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

Travel date: July 6, 2018 Before this trip, Alexander Graham Bell, the Scottish-born inventor who later became a US citizen, might not have been the first person to spring to mind when I thought about Nova Scotia, Canada. But the Bell family built a summer estate on Cape Breton Island in 1885 and, by the […]

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13 Things to Do with Kids on the Cabot Trail: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

May 15, 2019 by kokotg Leave a Comment

If I could do one thing differently about our Nova Scotia trip, I’d stay overnight (or over two nights!) on the Cabot Trail. And I knew before the trip that we should. We considered it, but we had two dogs with us, so we’d either have had to board them or find dog friendly accommodations (because I […]

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A Chilly Bike Ride to Lunenburg: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

May 8, 2019 by kokotg 4 Comments

Travel date: July 2, 2018 On the day we planned a bike ride from Mahone Bay to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the weather app on my phone warned me of a heat advisory. So we left our jackets in the van and set off on our bike ride….only to spend the afternoon FREEZING in the drizzly, […]

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Peggy’s Cove: Lovely, Terrifying, and Often Crowded–Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids

April 30, 2019 by kokotg 2 Comments

I took my kids to the Grand Canyon, and I don’t think there are any signs there as ominous as this one at Peggy’s Cove. Or maybe there just aren’t any as poetically composed; the “savour the sea” alliteration is a nice touch. At any rate, we managed to complete our visits to both Peggy’s […]

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