Thursday, June 6, 2024 ( Day 31)

Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia / 8:29 a.m. / 15 degrees to Digby, Nova Scotia / 7:45 p.m. / 20 degrees for a total of 560.9 km driving.

Today starts with a return trip to the Sandman hotel in Dartmouth to pick up a small case accidentally left behind on our travels.  No one ever likes to make one of these trips but on a positive note, we determined where we last saw it and that the hotel was able to locate it.

We then returned to the Southern Shore of Nova Scotia to continue on our journey around this loop on the lighthouse trail.  For old country music lovers, Liverpool, Nova Scotia is where you will find the “Hank Snow Home Town Museum”.  It is also the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.

As we reach Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, we stop in to the Visitor Centre.  As we drive through a residential area within Yarmouth, a deer crosses in front of us.  Not a sight we were expecting.  Note: Yarmouth is where you can catch the ferry to Maine (U.S.A).  We will continue our travels up the Acadian Shores following the Evangeline Trail.

Some beautiful farming community.  We even saw a few barns built with cedar shakes.  

We turned off the highway towards Cape St. Mary and checked out the monument.  It was eerie to see the steam on the beach with the tide out.  Within a blink of the eye, the fog starts rolling in.  It is before 6:00 p.m. and we thought we may need to find lodging quickly as it would be difficult to continue to drive.  A few kilometres up the road the fog disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.  Amazing how the weather can change so quickly!

This Acadian route has some beautiful buildings, churches and towns including University Sainte-Anne, Sainte-Marie Church (one of the largest and tallest wooden buildings in North America), Saint Bernard Church (a towering granite church constructed between 1910-1942) and the town of Weymouth.

We decided to stay at the Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa.  A beautiful older hotel well maintained, unfortunately the only elevator was out of order the night we stayed there.  Digby has a lot to offer including where you can catch the ferry to New Brunswick; the Balancing Rock Trail (2.5 km trail and 235 step staircase) and whale watching tours when in season.  Check out Digby if you are in the area. 


Deer in residential Yarmouth

University Sainte-Anne

Sainte-Marie Church

Saint Bernard Church

Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa










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