Lawrencetown Beach to Canso
Lawrencetown Beach - Start
Welcome to your 336 km ride along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. Lawrencetown Beach is a provincial beach park 19 km east of Dartmouth on Route 207 along the Eastern Shore. This popular sand-and-cobble beach is noted for its surf. Strong rip tides and currents are common; swimmers and surfers must exercise caution. The park has supervised swimming areas in July and August. Park features include ramped boardwalks, change houses, showers, and flush toilets. The beach park connects to a walking trail on a former railbed and is part of the larger Cole Harbour-Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System.
Musquodoboit Harbour - 30 km
Musquodoboit Harbour is a rural community situated at the mouth of the Musquodoboit River. The community was settled in the 1780s mainly by Loyalists. Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries many settlers from Scotland, England and Germany immigrated to the area and they still have descendants in the area. Beginning in 1852, the stage coach travelled from Musquodoboit Harbour to Dartmouth. The Dartmouth Eastern Railway commenced in 1912 to carry lumber and lime from Middle Musquodoboit to Dartmouth. A station was completed in 1918 and today houses the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum, which also serves as the local tourism office in summer.
Clam Harbour Beach - 51km
Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park is a long, wide, natural sand beach. Visitors can enjoy a picnic area in a field on top of a bluff. Other park facilities include board walks, hiking trails, and vault toilets. Clam Harbour Provincial Park is most famous for the annual Clam Harbour Sandcastle Competition which has taken place every August for over 35 years. Rain or shine, you will see hundreds of contestants and thousands of spectators.
Liscombe Lodge - 183 km
Liscombe Lodge resort is tucked away on the beautiful Eastern Shore on the Liscombe River. Surrounded by lush, emerald forests, active wildlife, and rushing waters, Liscombe Lodge gets you up close and personal with Mother Nature, offering over 15km in Nova Scotia hiking trails, including a swinging bridge and man made salmon ladder. There is also a wharf and marina for boating. Nearby are several backcountry hiking trails, along Mushaboom Harbour and the beach.
Sherbrooke Village - 201km
Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia’s largest provincial museum, is a trip back in time as Nova Scotia’s 19th century heritage is brought to life by costumed interpreters, including blacksmiths, wood turners, weavers and printers. In the 1860s, timber, tall ships and gold ruled life along the St. Mary’s River, turning the community of Sherbrooke into a prosperous boom town. Today, the picturesque village still stands proud, just as it did more than 100 years ago.
Canso - 336 km
You have reached the end of the “Surf the Shore” bike tour. Congratulations!
Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia. The area was established in 1604. The British construction of a fort in the village ,(1720), is of national historic importance because it was one of only two British settlements in Nova Scotia prior to the establishment of Halifax (1749). Canso played a key role in the defeat of Louisburg.
Canso is host to the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, an annual event held around the Canada Day weekend. This event attracts over 10,000 visitors, who enjoy music from all over the world on seven different stages over the 3 days.
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