Attractions
5 amazing places to discover in Eastern Shore
Memory Lane Heritage Village
An award-winning living history museum in Lake Charlotte on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, depicting rural coastal life during the 1940s with 18 historic buildings, free-roaming farm animals, and a celebrated 1940s cookhouse.
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Sherbrooke Village
Nova Scotia's largest living-history museum depicting 1860s gold rush life. Costumed interpreters demonstrate blacksmithing, weaving, and heritage crafts across 25+ restored buildings on the St. Mary's River.
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Canso Islands National Historic Site
Parks Canada site on the Eastern Shore preserving the 18th-century English fishing settlement and earthen fort on Grassy Island. Free boat shuttle to the island, visitor centre with displays on the fish and fur trades, and the story of the 1744 battle for Canso.
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Mulgrave Road Theatre
Professional theatre company in Guysborough, 40+ years pioneering new Canadian plays, performing in the Mulgrave Road Theatre Centre for the Arts with summer seasons, youth camps and special events.
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Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum
A railway museum housed in a restored 1918 Canadian Northern Railway station in Musquodoboit Harbour. Home to a rare ex-CN GE 44-tonner locomotive, a CN caboose, and a snow plow car, it also serves as the community's Visitor Information Centre.