Road Trip Planning| Miles Kms | Item | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0 0.0 |
Junction of Highway #103 & Highway #329 north |
Services at highway. Drive through towns like Liverpool, NS, with its privateer legends, or maybe the Bluenose is docked and Lunenburg, NS, where a working blacksmith still works his trade. Visit the beautifully preserved buildings of the old town district. There are over 20 lighthouses, including the famous lighthouse at Peggy�s Cove, NS. |
| 0.6 1.0 |
Community of Fox Point, NS |
South of highway |
| 1.9 3.0 |
View from highway |
Looking north |
| 3.0 4.8 |
Community of Mill Cove, NS |
South of highway |
| 4.8 7.7 |
Community of Birchy Head, NS |
Access from highway |
| 5.0 8.1 |
Just in Time Bed and Breakfast |
South side of highway |
| 8.0 12.9 |
Community of North West Cove, NS |
Access from highway. North West Cove, NS is a beautiful, horse-shoe shaped harbour, home to a busy fishing community. Looking south from harbour you can see across St. Margaret's Bay, NS to Peggy's Cove, NS. |
| 9.9 16.0 |
Community of Aspotogan, NS |
South of highway. Aspotogan, NS is a small fishing community with a safe, deep harbour. Aspotogan is very pretty, town with steep hills on both sides. |
| 11.7 18.8 |
Community of Bayswater, NS |
Access from highway. Bayswater is renowned for its beautiful, crescent-shaped beach. |
| 13.2 21.2 |
Roadside Highway Turnout |
South side of highway |
| 13.3 21.4 |
Nova Scotia Picnic Park ( Bayswater Provincial Beach Park ) |
A picnic area with large sand beach and a view of the open ocean. Barbeque grills |
| 13.4 21.6 |
Swiss Air Flight Internment Site |
North side of highway. Swissair crash that killed all 229 passengers in the plane crash on Sep.1998. |
| 15.1 24.3 |
Community of Blandford, NS |
Blandfordn NS; Looking the across the harbour you can see the Tancook Islands, NS. The islands can be reached by ferry from Chester, NS. |
| 16.0 25.7 |
Candle on the Water Bed and Breakfast, NS |
Access from highway |
| 17.0 27.3 |
Century House Bed and Breakfast, NS |
Access from highway |
| 18.0 29.0 |
Community of Upper Blandford |
Access from highway |
| 18.6 30.0 |
Community of Deep Cove, NS |
Access from highway. For sailors this is a perfectly sheltered cove from the open ocean. |
| 20.1 32.4 |
Community of East River Point, NS |
Beach and picnic table |
| 24.9 40.0 |
Junction of highway #3 & #329 |
Community of East River. NOTE. The Lighthouse Scenic Route leaves highway #329 and joins highway #3 at this point. |
| 25.5 41.0 |
Roadside Highway Turnout Rest Area |
Nova Scotia Picnic Park, south side of highway |
| 26.2 42.1 |
Point of Interest |
Goat Lake, NS |
| 27.3 43.9 |
Graves Island Provincial Park |
Joined to the mainland by a short causeway, the island is typical of many of the small islands found along Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast. The park is open from mid-May until early October, offering a 84 site campground, walking trails, picnic area, swimming area, playground and boat launch. The campground has water outlets and a trailer dump station. Walk in Tenting Sites are available, the large walk-in tenting sites are located along an woodland roadway, a short walk (100 m) from the main parking lot.
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| 29.2 47.0 |
Community of Chester, NS |
Photo, view of Chester, NS, from Mahone Bay, NS |
| 29.2 47.0 |
Community of Chester, NS |
Photo, entering Mahone Bay from Chester harbour, NS. Chester, NS was officially founded in 1759 Chester, has two natural harbours, Front Harbour on the east and Back Harbour on the west. Chester is also immediately south of Stanford Lake in Nova Scotia. Attractions in Chester, NS: The Chester Playhouse - Chester Race Week, sailboats from all over the eastern coast of North America compete during the second full week of August. - Chester annual Chaplin-Saunders Extravaganza Week. |
| 30.4 48.9 |
Access to Community of Haddon Hill, NS |
East of highway |
| 30.6 49.3 |
Community of Sanford Lake, NS |
Access from highway |
| 31.0 49.9 |
Community of Robinson's Corner, NS |
Access from highway |
| 31.4 50.6 |
Junction of Highway #14 north |
North to communities of Windsor Road, Sherwood. West to Card Lake Provincial Beach Park. A small park under a canopy of mature softwood trees on the edge of Card lake. The small beach provides an opportunity for a quick dip, or you can launch a canoe or small boat to explore the lake.
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| 32.0 51.5 |
Community of Marriotts Cove, NS |
Access from highway |
| 33.6 54.0 |
Community of Chester South, NS |
Access from highway |
| 34.6 55.7 |
Services at highway |
Fuel, west side of highway |
| 34.7 55.9 |
Junction of Highway #12 |
North to communities of Chester Grant, NS Seffernsville, NS, access to highway #103. |
| 36.0 57.9 |
Point of Interest |
Crossing the Gold River, NS |
| 37.7 60.7 |
Community of Western Shore, NS |
Access from highway |
| 38.9 62.6 |
Community of Martins Point, NS |
Access from highway |
| 40.4 65.0 |
Community of Martins River, NS |
Access from highway |
| 42.4 68.2 |
Services at highway |
East side of the highway |
| 43.7 70.3 |
Community of Oakland, NS |
West of highway |
| 44.9 72.3 |
Looking across bay at community of Mahone Bay, NS |
West of highway. Mahone Bay is a great photo spot on ocean inlet.Many historic buildings, restaraunts, artist studios and galleries, services, groceries, tourist information, B&Bs and Inns. Mahone Bay, NS; is considered to be one of the most attractive towns in Canada. The town was first settled in 1754.
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| 45.1 72.6 |
Tourist Information |
West side of highway |
| 45.2 72.8 |
Roadside Highway Turnout |
Mahone Bay business section. Mahone Bay, NS is situated on a bay of more than 100 islands. |
| 45.5 73.3 |
Junction of Highway #325 - Community of Mahone Bay, NS |
South to town of Bridgewater, NS. Mahone Bay is the largest town in the South Shore region. Attractions in Bridgewater, NS - LaHave River Valley Festival - DesBrisay Museum & Exhibit Centre - Wile Carding Mill. |
| 45.8 73.7 |
Mahone Bay Bed and Breakfast, NS |
West side of highway |
| 46.0 74.0 |
Hearts Desire Bed and Breakfast, NS |
West side of highway |
| 46.5 74.8 |
Nature's Cottage Bed and Breakfast, NS |
West side of highway |
| 46.7 75.1 |
Community of Maders Cove, NS |
East of highway |
| 48.7 78.3 |
Access to comunities of Martins Brook, NS, Hermans Isle, NS |
East of highway |
| 49.2 79.2 |
Community of Martins Brook, NS |
Access from highway |
| 50.5 81.3 |
Community of Dean's Corner, NS |
Access from highway |
| 50.9 81.9 |
Roadside Highway Turnout |
Nova Scotia Picnic Park, east side of highway |
| 51.5 82.9 |
Junction of Highway #332 |
NOTE. The Lighthouse Trail Scenic Drive leaves highway #3 and continues on the highway #332 loop to the town of Bridgwater |
| 52.2 84.0 |
Georgian House Bed and Breakfast |
West side of highway |
| 55.1 88.7 |
Junction of Highway #324 |
Downtown Lunenburg. The Town of Lunenburg, NS, was formally established in 1753 as the first British Colonial settlement in Nova Scotia outside of Halifax. These early settlers were from various parts of Germany, Switzerland, and the Montbeliard region of France. They followed in the footsteps of earlier Mikmaq and Acadian inhabitants in the area. - Attractions in Lunenburg: Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic; the Museum offers the fishing heritage of the Atlantic coast of Canada. The museum is housed in brightly painted red buildings, with floating vessels at wharfside. The historic Bluenose, is celebrated in an exhibit that contains the world's largest collection of Bluenose artifacts.- Knaut Rhuland House Museum; The Knaut-Rhuland House is a turn of the nineteenth century two and-a-half storey wooden Georgian structure - Capt. Angus J. Walters House Museum. - Folk Harbour Festival - Bluenose II - Old Town Lunenburg, walking tour - Horse & Buggy ride through Old Town - The Fishermen's Memorial and Tribute - The Castle on the Hill - Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival - Lunenburg Waterfront and Seafood Festival.
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| 55.1 88.7 |
Town of Lunenburg, NS ( photo of Bluenose II at North Sydney, NS) |
Home of the Bluenose II. Canada's most famous tall ship, 'Bluenose' was a classic tribute to Lunenburg's shipbuilding expertise. |
| 55.5 89.3 |
Mainstay Bed and Breakfast, NS |
Access from highway |
| 56.4 90.8 |
Junction of Highway #332 & Highway #3 |
Note. The Lighthouse Trail Scenic Route leaves highway #3 and follows highway #332 to the town of Bridgewater |
| 57.0 91.7 |
Community of First South, NS |
West of highway |
| 58.2 93.6 |
View From Highway |
Driving south |
| 59.3 95.5 |
Community of Bayport, NS |
South of highway |
| 64.0 103.0 |
Community of Rose Bay, NS |
South of highway |
| 64.4 103.6 |
Community of Riverport, NS |
Access to Kingsburg, NS, east of highway. Riverport, NS was settled in 1754 at the mouth of the LaHave River, NS. The LaHave River is a 97 km (60 mile) river. |
| 65.7 105.7 |
View From Highway |
Driving south |
| 66.7 107.4 |
Access to community of Indian Pass, NS |
North of highway |
| 67.2 108.1 |
Ferry crossing LaHave River, NS |
Access to highway #331 south across the LaHave River. |
| 67.5 108.7 |
Zinck's Park Campground, NS |
South side of highway |
| 69.1 111.2 |
Services at highway |
North side of highway |
| 69.3 111.5 |
Community of Middle LaHave, NS |
Access from highway. Samuel de Champlain made settlement claims along the banks of both the North and South shores of this river. |
| 72.2 116.2 |
Community of Upper LaHave, NS |
Access from highway |
| 74.8 120.3 |
Junction of highway #3 |
NOTE. The Lighthouse Route Scenic Drive joins highway #3 at this point, to the town of Bridgewater, NS. |
| 75.1 120.9 |
Access to the community of Dayspring, NS |
Access from highway |
| 76.4 123.0 |
Oak Hill Pines Campground, NS - (Oak Hill Road) |
Access from highway |
| 76.9 123.7 |
Miller Point Peace Park, NS |
Picnic area. East side of highway. The park consists of a network of hiking trails along the NS, LaHave River. |
| 77.6 124.8 |
Community of Bridgewater, NS |
North boundry. Attractions in and around Bridgwater, NS: LaHave River Valley Festival - DesBrisay Museum & Exhibit Centre - Wile Carding Mill. |
| 78.8 126.8 |
Junction of Highway #331 |
Downtown Bridgewater, NS. NOTE the Lighthouse Route Scenic Drive route leaves highway #3 and follows highway #331 south to town of Liverpool, NS, Yarmouth, NS. North to city of Halifax, NS. NOTE: For highway travel via Highway #331 'The Lighthouse Route' See Highway #331 for highway driving directions. - Start / Finish of Highway Travel Guide. -e
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