Nova Scotia cottage rentals can provide a great home base
for lovers of the outdoors to return to each evening after sampling the many
available offerings for the active traveler in this Candian Maritime Province.
Nova Scotia is famous for its Atlantic salmon fishery. Two
of the best places to fish are the Margaree Valley on Cape Breton Island, with
its many rivers, or the 156-mile (250-kilometer) long St. Mary’s River near
Sherbrooke on the province’s Eastern Shore, where summertime visitors can watch
the salmon swim upstream from Isle Verte at its mouth and leap over whitewater
rapids to spawn.
Surfing enthusiasts can grab their boards and head to PointMichaud Provincial Beach on Cape Breton Island or the provincial beaches at
Lawrencetown and Martinique on the Eastern Shore. With its wide, sandy shore, theLawrencetown Provincial Beach caters to surfers year-round with a full set of
amenities, along with nearby surf schools and equipment rental shops.
The Eastern Shore also offers a number of places to go kayaking,
as do Antigonish Harbor on the Northumberland Shore and the Bay of Fundy, which
also offers the option to raft the bore created by the massive tides resulting
from the bay’s fjord-like narrowness.
If you prefer to go fast through the air instead of on or
over the water, you can zip line down from the top of the Northumberland
Shore’s MacGrath Mountain. If you prefer a slower pace, both the Northumberland
Shore and Cape Breton Island offer a selection of beautifully maintained golf
courses. If you prefer holding a hiking stick to a golf club, the province
offers a number of scenic trails, such as the mountain trails off the Cabot
Trail on Cape Breton Island, where you can see waterfalls and glacier-excavated
valleys, or the Wallace Bay Wildlife Trail on the Northumberland Shore, where
you can see over 168 species of birds, including eagles and osprey. In the
winter, you can cross-country ski or snowshoe around Sherbrooke on the Eastern
Shore.
