Attractions
14 amazing places to discover in Bay of Fundy
Burntcoat Head Park
Experience the world's highest tides at Burntcoat Head, where the Bay of Fundy rises and falls an astonishing 16.3 metres twice daily.
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Yarmouth County Museum & Archives
Award-winning museum in a historic 1890s granite church with 20,000+ artifacts, the third-largest ship portrait collection in Canada and the largest non-institutional archives in Nova Scotia. Google 4.8 rating, bilingual and wheelchair accessible.
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Trecothic Creek & Windsor Railway
Volunteer-run 1/8-scale ride-on outdoor model railway in Windsor where kids and adults ride miniature trains for free (donations welcome) through a scenic landscaped park with picnic tables. Runs select public days 10am-3pm.
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Cape Forchu Lighthouse
Distinctive 'apple core' lighthouse on a rocky headland 11 km from Yarmouth — the tallest climbable lighthouse in Nova Scotia (77 steps to the lantern room) with a free museum in the keeper's residence, a half-km coastal trail, and a seasonal café. Grounds are free and open year-round; climbing tours run mid-May to late September ($25 adult, $12 child).
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs
A UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving a 300-million-year-old fossilized rainforest.
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Cape Chignecto Provincial Park
Nova Scotia's largest provincial park features dramatic 200-metre sea cliffs and ancient Acadian forests.
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Five Islands Provincial Park
1,000-hectare Bay of Fundy park on the Minas Basin, fronting the highest tides on Earth and named for five offshore islands, with red-sand beach, 92 campsites, and low-tide ocean-floor walks.
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Parrsboro & Fundy Geological Museum
Nova Scotia Museum property in Parrsboro at the centre of the Cliffs of Fundy Geopark, displaying Bay of Fundy fossils including some of the world's smallest dinosaurs and oldest reptiles.
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Cliffs of Fundy Geopark Welcome Centre
Orientation centre for the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark in Central Economy — exhibits, tide and route advice, and Canada's only original WWII observation tower, which you can climb.
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Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre
Millbrook First Nation's Mi'kmaq cultural centre near Truro, featuring the 40-foot Glooscap statue, a multimedia creation-story presentation, 7,500-year-old artifacts and an Indigenous gift shop - affordable admission (from $4.50), open year-round.
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Maud Lewis Replica House
A full-scale handmade replica of folk artist Maud Lewis's famous painted house, built by family friend Murray Ross in Rossway on the Digby Neck. Open daily, free-will offering.
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Fundy Discovery Site
Watch the famous Bay of Fundy tidal bore roll up the Salmon River at the Fundy Discovery Site near Truro — a tumbling wavefront that appears twice daily at predicted times. The visitor centre offers tide charts, a natural playground, picnic spots and direct access to the Cobequid Trail, all within the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark.
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Howard Dill Enterprises
The Windsor farm where four-time world champion Howard Dill developed the Atlantic Giant pumpkin — the variety behind every world-record pumpkin since 1979. See record-size pumpkins in the patch, browse the seed shop, and pick up seasonal produce each fall on the Bay of Fundy travel route.
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Fort Edward National Historic Site
North America's oldest surviving military blockhouse (1750) perched on a bluff above the Minas Basin in Windsor. Parks Canada national historic site with earthworks, a 1.3 km trail, interpretive panels, and free admission — grounds open year-round, blockhouse open in July and August.