Whale Cove NS to Shelburne and The Islands Prov Park NS

We’re heading back to mainland Nova Scotia today, 17C and sunny at 8am. After a quick getaway breakfast, over to Digby on #217, then southeast on #101. We did stop at a Sobeys in Digby for a few supplies, including some mini Boston Creams and some good bagels (breakfast #2).

Near Weymouth we picked up the hwy 1 coastal road again, heading southeast. The area along there is quite Acadian French, lots of Acadian flags flying, with boat building and fishery plants all along the coast. With nice well-kept homes and gardens, it’s a gentler coastline than Digby Neck and the Digby area.

Along the way we stopped and roamed Bartlett’s Beach, with miles of sand beach, small whitecaps, and nobody else around, very nice.

And of course, acres of wild roses. They grow very densely here, maybe because it’s a harsh environment for much of the year.

We took #1 down through Yarmouth – nice looking maritime city – then #3 along the coast. We found that we weren’t getting enough water views as we headed down the coast though, so went out to the main road #103 to get to Shelburne and The Islands Prov park. 

The Islands is another pretty park, with lots of water view sites and shade. We got camped near the washrooms, and there was even a free load of firewood at the site. Somebody had left it, as well as a number of rolls of paper towels from the nearby washroom. Passing Park employees were happy to take back the paper towels and leave the firewood.

We were camped by 2pm, so had a nice relaxing afternoon and evening, with campground hikes and a campfire later on.

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