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Getting Here Arrive by air Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax has daily flights to and from other provinces. Travel south on Highway 102 towards Halifax/Dartmouth. Take Exit 3 for Route 213 at Hammonds Plains, then merge onto Highway 103 towards Yarmouth or the Peggy’s Cove area and the South Shore.
Arrive by land Amherst: Arrive from New Brunswick via the Trans Canada Highway. Travel south on Highway 104 to Truro, then south on Highway 102 towards Halifax. Take Exit 3 for Route 213. From Route 213 at Hammonds Plains, merge onto Highway 103 towards Yarmouth or the Peggy’s Cove area and the South Shore.
Arrive by sea
2017 South Shore Guide
Caribou (Pictou): Arrive from Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, by ferry (75-minute crossing). From Caribou travel Highway 104 west to Truro, then south on Highway 102 towards Halifax. Take Exit 3 for Route 213. From Route 213 at Hammonds Plains, merge onto Highway 103 towards Yarmouth or the Peggy’s Cove area and the South Shore. Digby: Arrive by ferry from Saint John, New Brunswick (2.5-hour crossing). Travel on Highway 101 to Exit 22 at Lequille. Turn south on Highway 8, travelling to Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site and Liverpool on the South Shore. Alternatively, travel on Highway 101 to Exit 18 at Middleton. Turn onto Highway 10 and travel south to Bridgewater and the South Shore, which extends east on Highway 103 to St. Margaret’s Bay and west towards Shelburne. Alternatively, leave Digby via Highway 1 /Highway 101 to Yarmouth. At Yarmouth, travel Highway
103 south to Barrington, and then east along the South Shore to Peggy’s Cove and Halifax. North Sydney: Arrive from Newfoundland by ferry and travel Highway 105 to the Canso Causeway leading to mainland Nova Scotia. Pick up Highway 104 west leading towards Truro. Turn south on Highway 102 towards Halifax. From Highway 102, take Exit 3 for Route 213 at Hammonds Plains then merge onto Highway 103 towards Yarmouth or the Peggy’s Cove area and the South Shore Yarmouth: Bay Ferries is operating a seasonal ferry service called The Cat between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Arrive from Portland by ferry and travel scenic Lighthouse Route 3 or travel Highway 103 south to Barrington, and then east along the South Shore. UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere
Kejimkujik Nation and National Histo of Canada Tobeatic Wilderness Area
Shelburne
Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum
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Charlesville
Lower Barrington Woods Shag Harbour Harbour Cape Sable I.
Clark’s Harbour
Cape Sable
Barrington Woolen Mill Museum & The Old Meeting House Museum
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Lockeport
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