Along its 4,625-mile-long coastline is almost every conceivable geographical marine feature - beaches, lagoons, salt marshes, harbours, inlets, coves, estuaries, bays, basins, channels, straits, passages, capes, points, heads, sandbars, mud flats, and sand-dunes.
Lobster traps and fishing boats - a familiar sight at Peggy's Cove.
There's deep-sea fishing, coastal canoeing, clam digging, rockhounding, bird watching, boat tours, dory races, wind surfing, swimming, camping, hiking, and sightseeing on highways that travel along some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.
Known as the Festival Province of Canada, Nova Scotia annually hosts some 350 summertime community festivals, fairs, gatherings and special events.
