A drive along the coast of Nova Scotia

With its rugged coast and pretty fishing ports Nova Scotia is perfect for a slow road trip

Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada
Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in Nova Scotia 
(Image credit: Geoffrey Pinkney/Alamy Stock Photo )

With its rugged coast, “sugary” beaches and pretty fishing ports, Nova Scotia is a “magical” place for a “go-slow” road trip, says Mike MacEacheran in The Sunday Times. Although named after Scotland, this province in the far southeast of Canada is closer in size to Wales, making it easy to explore. Consisting of a T-shaped peninsula and some 3,800 islands (Cape Breton is by far the largest), it was inhabited by the First Nations Mi’kmaq people before the French arrived in 1605. The British won control of it in the 18th century, and today, English, Scottish and Irish names are as ubiquitous on its signposts as punning references to its nautical heritage and marvellous seafood (the Lob’Store, Thrift Ahoy, Oh My Cod, and so on).

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