Touring Nova Scotia Route

When we were in NS last autumn we considered driving the Cabot Trail but eventually chose to not do that. Because the trail was a virtual circle it was suggested by one person to park the RV trailer, do the circle, and pick up the trailer on the way back. Go here http://www.cabottrail.com/ for a discussion about driving clockwise/counter clockwise.

Thanks for the tips everyone! Keep'em coming.

Our though was to basically drive clockwise around the entire island. We'll probably spend a couple of days in each location touring the area attractions. Are there any attractions inland? Also, is 2 weeks enough to see the major attractions and cross it off my bucket list.

We visited Prince Edward Island 4 years ago. We flew in to attend a convention. We rented a car drove around the island and saw several attractions, enjoyed lots of Blue Mussels and great lobster. But, were disappointed in the overall scenery.

The wife and I did a Nova Scotia trip last Aug 15th through Sept 12. Started by entering Canada at Thousand Islands and visited Montreal then Quebec City. Drove across New Brunswick into Halifax NS did the Peggys Cove thing and had wonderful meals there. Stayed at a campground South of Darby while we went whale watching in Fundy Bay. Took a ferry from Darby NS to St John New Brunswick, expensive but saved me $200 in fuel, continued South through Maine and did Mt Washington, NH. From Indiana it was a 4,000 mile trip but lots of memories were made.
Please note: Canadians take Labor Day more seriously than we do. Everything was closed, including most fuel stations.

We visited New Brunswick and Nova Scotia during the first three weeks of June back in 2008. Would have stayed longer, but had to get back to attend a wedding. Our main goals for the trip were to see the tides in the Bay of Fundy and to explore around Cape Breton Island. We thought we would include a visit to Prince Edward Island, but ran out of time.

If you haven't been to Acadia National Park on Mt Desert Island in Maine, you could plan on 2-4 days there.

We crossed the border at Calais/St Stephen. We spent several days at Century Farm Campground in St. Martin NB to explore the nearby area. The Fundy Trail Parkway was interesting as well as several covered bridges and seeing the boats sitting in the mud at low tide.

We also spent several days camping at Fundy NP and did several hikes.

IMO the best place to experience the Fundy tides is at Hopewell Rocks PP. We were lucky and got there just at high tide and stayed to explore the visitor center and have lunch before going back to walk on the ocean floor among the teapot rocks while the tide was out.

From Moncton we drove across to Cape Breton Island and did a clockwise loop up to and around Cape Breton Highlands NP. Some steep grades in the NP, so doing it with the toad is recommended. We camped 2 nights in Baddeck to visit the Alexander Graham Bell museum then drove to Louisborg for two nights to visit the Fort reconstruction. Definitely a highlight of the trip. From there we worked out way to Digby for a Scallop dinner and took the ferry ($$$) to St. John and headed for home.

Don't know whether this is much help to you as we tend to travel by "wandering around" without any fixed plans or advance reservations.

Gary and Kathy, we toured the northeast in 2011 going from TN all the up to Maine. I'm sure that there is a map of some sort that will show where the low bridges are located. Twice, we came up to low bridges and had to work our way around. Not a big problem but one in Pennsylvania was listed at 12' and we were 12'11".

So, I pulled over just before the bridge so that we could check our maps. We really couldn't figure it out so we called the local Police dept. They couldn't have been nicer and most helpful. The officer told us it was a good thing that we were on the side that we were as on the other side of the bridge, there would not have been a place to pull over. Makes for a good adventure I guess.

He told us of times when truck driver's don't pay attention and will drive right under the bridge peeling their trailer roofs back. One time there were chickens flying everywhere! LOL!

We also want to go up to Nova Scotia so I will be watching this thread.

Safe travels,
MM.