Guysborough, Nova Scotia doesn’t have much media coverage as a must-see destination while travelling in the Maritimes. I happened to like it quite a bit, although it might have something to do with the exceptional experience I had staying at the DesBarres Manor Inn
Guysborough Country spans quite an area on the eastern shore [...]

I stepped back into present time after being swept back to the turn of the century at Sherbrooke Village and made my way to the eastern corner of Nova Scotia. A small town called Guysborough seemed pretty unassuming, but it had an accommodation in it that looked really nice from its website.
So off I went [...]

I spent some time in the take-me-back-in-time Sherbrooke Village, so it was now time to head to the quintessential Nova Scotia icon: a lighthouse. Port Bickerton Lighthouse Beach Park is about 20 km (12 mi) east of the village along highway 211 on the eastern shore of NS, Canada.
After driving along a gravel road for [...]

After leaving Musquoboboit Harbour yesterday, I drove east to the neat Sherbrooke Village. Sherbrooke is actually a town, but most visitors drive through the main street and go directly to the living history museum.
Costumed interpreters greeted me when I arrived and the 25 recreated buildings evoked life at the turn of the century. If you [...]

I begin my 7-day road trip of Nova Scotia by staying my first night in Musquodoboit Harbour, just east of Halifax. I practiced saying the name over and over again on my flight from Vancouver, imagining the various inflections that those Nova Scotians might use.
I got to the car rental company (did you know that [...]

A day of river rafting in Lytton was perfectly capped off with an overnight stay in Harrison Hot Springs, BC. (The other perfect ending to my day was the Penguins’ win, forcing game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, but I digress…)
We stayed at the signature Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa, with five mineral [...]