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Sunshine
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on Nova Scotia's Sunrise Trail |
| Beaches There are a lot of wonderful beaches along this part of Nova Scotia's Shoreline, however, unfortunately the Sunshine Coast is not one continuous beach. Heather Beach and Melmerby Beach have Life Guard services and Canteens nearby. Listed below are the more accessible beaches on Our Sunshine Coast Printable Beach PDFHeather Beach Provincial
Park
East Linden, Rt 366, supervised beach, swimming area 200 Meters long, offers a red sandy beach with warm water and board walk. Washrooms available. Canteen nearby. Small parking lot. Gulf Shore Beach
Just outside the town of Pugwash, on the Gulf Shore Rd., Gulf Shore Beach offers a sandy beach with warm water. Water is warm at high tide and at low tide. A beautiful picnic park on a hilltop overlooking Northumberland Strait with picnic tables, some sheltered, in an open field. Change houses, vault toilets, picnic area and water outlets available. Plenty of parking space Fox Harbour Beach Located north of Wallace, in Fox Harbour. Red sand shoreline beach offers ample opportunity for swimming and walking, Small picnic area, change houses, vault toilets. Beach is actually more like a mud flat. Mosquitoes also plentiful in season, great view and very private. Rushtons Beach Provincial Park, Just 15 km east of Tatamagouche on Rt 6, Rushtons Beach offers a sandy shore, boardwalk, sheltered picnic tables, long stretch of beach with many sandbars at low tide and a salt marsh. Attracts a great variety of birds. Some of warmest saltwater in Nova Scotia, change houses and vault toilets available. Also has a boat launch Malagash Blue Sea Beach Park Private beach, app 1 mile of hard sand which stretches well out into the Northumberland Strait. Change houses and vault toilets available. Great place to be when the sun goes down, ample parking, no water tap. Melmerby Beach Provincial Park Open from mid June until mid October. Supervised Beach with change houses, showers, washrooms. Mile long beach. Just 23 km (14 mi) northeast of New Glasgow, the "Merb" is 7 km (4 mi) north of Highway 104, Exit 27A Sutherland's River, on the Little Harbour Rd. |
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Tatamagouche
The village is built where the rivers French and Waugh enter a natural harbour, and it gets it name from the Mi'kmaq 'Takumegooch' meaning 'meeting of the waters'. Protestant repopulation began in 1765, and grew considerably before the end of the century with a flood of Scottish immigrants following the Highland Clearances. In the nineteenth century, like many other villages in this area, Tatamagouche had a sizable shipbuilding industry. You can learn more about the history of the area at the Sunrise Trail Museum. The Tatamagouche Creamery made butter for over a century. It has now been converted as a venue for festivals, events and entertainment. The Fraser Cultural Center acts as a visitor information center, art gallery and has an exhibition about the giantess Anna Swan. The Intercolonial Railway station was built in 1887 and served the community of Tatamagouche, until 1972. The Station's 9 railway cars include 6 cabooses, 2 box cars and 1 transfer van.. The rail line has gone, and the bed now forms part of the Trans Canada Trail, making Tatamagouche a good starting point for a waterfront walk or biking expedition. The last weekend in September Tatamagouche hosts the second largest Oktoberfest in Canada where you can dance to the oom-pah-pah of traditional German music. Tatamagouche remains an area of a meeting of old and new, a village of old Victorian homes and stores built in the late 1800s , and new modern houses and facilities; a village compassing a slow traditional way of life with state of the art technology. The history of the area is displayed in two museums on Tatamagouche's Main Street, the Sunrise Trail Museum and the Fraser Cultural Centre as well as the Sutherland Steammill and the Balmoral Grist Mill nearby The Cultural Centre also houses a Tourism Information Center |
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Zella’s Antiques & Collector Canes 659 Ferry Road, Wallace 257-2817 Sleigh Rides on Hwy 246 Wentworth Boyd Little 548-2307 High Head Hikes with Chilkoot Bob 80 Barclay Rd, Wentworth Every Saturday in June, July, August by reservation please. Fall color specials 3-4 hrs. rain or shine. Proceeds from hikes go to Old Wentworth Valley school 548-2381 Country Delights Farm 2859 Malagash Road, Malagash Apple orchard and Honey 257-2981 Appleton Chocolates Company 597 Lake Road Handmade chocolates 548-2323 Goats Milk Soap, Keldoras Kritters Malagash Animals and handmade soaps 257-2597 Dube Botanical Gardens 1919 West Branch Road, West Branch, River John Aquatic plants 351-3273 Lismore Sheep Farm 1389 Louisville Road, River John Working sheep farm and Wool product shop 351-2889 Beach Lane Lavender Farm 147 Carlson Lane, Marshville, #6 Highway 351-2601 Lavender growing operation Abel’s Canes Company 216 Stewart Rd, Pugwash River handcrafted walking sticks and canes Primitive Pine Furniture 747 Marshville, #6 Highway handmade pine furniture 482-1857 Seafoam Woodturning Studio 3178 Seafoam, #6 Highway Woodturning, bowls, vases and more 351-3886 Tucker Meadow Farm R.R. # 5, Tatamagouche Earltown Country Cheese, Goat Cheese 657-0264 Meadow Brook Farm 767 Upper River John Rd, Tatamagouche Farm operation, Beef, Pork, Poultry 657-2122 Sunrise Mercantile 1631 Route 6, RR 3, Tatamagouche Specialty food, luxury yarns, fiber arts classes 657-2775 Up ta par Gallery Brule Pt Rd, Tatamagouche Limited edition Wildlife Prints 657-9131 Dally Expresso, Art, and Leisure 211 Main St. Tatamagouche Artists Materials, Country Pastimes 657-2280 Brule Fossil Centre Rt 6 Brule Mon - Sat 9:30 - 4:30 Sun 12:30 - 4:30 Tues & Thurs Even 6:30 - 8:30 Earliest known group behaviour in the World 657-2280 Thyme and Place 15044 HWY6 Wallace Ridge annuals, perennials, gifts and produce 257-1114 |
