5 Reasons Why You Should Come Home to Nova Scotia in 2019

Like a lot of Nova Scotians, maybe you’ve had to leave. Maybe you were pulled away by a career. Or you moved for the sake of family. Or you left for some other opportunity and just haven’t had the chance to come back.

Well, maybe it’s time to come home. We bet there’s a little Nova Scotia missing from your life.

It’s Getting Pretty Artisanal Around Here

Breweries, cheese makers, cideries, lavender farms, orchards, distilleries, vineyards . . . whatever small batch, artisanal thing you want, you can get it here. In fact, explore a bit and you’ll start to find all kinds of things you didn’t know you want but just have to have. Wild blueberry vodka? Yes, please.

The Ocean

Canada is a country of lakes. We have something like two million of them. And they’re very nice.

But there’s nothing quite like the ocean. Nothing beats standing on the shore and looking out across the all-consuming horizon, except maybe for watching a magnificent Atlantic storm from behind the shelter of a thick window while you’re safely ensconced in a cozy living room. And the views are just the beginning. The ocean provides a year-round bounty of seafood, amazing sailing, rich cultural history, and makes every day a little more breath-taking.

Even golf by the ocean is a whole new challenge.

Nothing Beats Fresh Seafood

Sure, when it comes to shipping seafood, they can do amazing things these days. Live lobster can be found in fishmongers and supermarkets far away from the sea, fresh (never frozen) fish gets shipped overnight, and in a pinch, even the flash frozen stuff isn’t half bad. But let’s be honest: there’s nothing like eating lobster so fresh that it was pulled from the ocean not a couple hours prior.

And of course, you can ensure optimal freshness by going out and getting your own. Quahog digging, anyone?

It’s the Most Beautiful Place in Canada

Sure, everyone else will disagree. But what do they know? If you’re a local, you know that nowhere else has such a range of beautiful spots. Like what? Like Lunenberg on an early misty morning. Or the autumn leaves you can find on the Cabot Trail. Or the fortress at Louisbourg. Or the red soil in the Valley. Or the blue-green waters in the quarries near Cheticamp. Or the spectacular, warm beaches of the Northumberland Shore. We could go on.

So You Can Show Outsiders What Nova Scotia Is Really Like

No doubt you’ve played this little parlour game: you’re at a social occasion, someone mentions that they’re thinking of visiting Nova Scotia, and suddenly your expertise is required. You need to tell them all the secret spots, which attractions are really just tourist traps, and whether or not they’ve made smart plans.

But we all know that there’s no better guide than a local, when you want to introduce Nova Scotia to a non-Maritimer, why not take matters into your own hands and show them around yourself?

The next time you return home to Nova Scotia, why not bring a few friends and give them the best possible taste of Nova Scotia life?  Or even better, why not invite them to experience all that Nova Scotia has to offer from your own seasonal home in the province?

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