EXPLORER,
2016 Official Visitors Guide, Page 29
Historic and Scenic Circle Tour
Explore the Bay of Fundy
and Oldest Settlement Road
Port-Royal NHS, North Hills Museum, Delaps Cove Wilderness Trail and the Bay of Fundy are “must see” Annapolis Royal Area attractions.
to life with period demonstrations
and descriptions of life in a 1605 fur
trading post. The first cereal crops
in the country were sown at the
Habitation, the first European drama
was written and staged in 1606, and
the Order of Good Cheer, the first
European social club held in North
America, was started to help pass
away the long winter nights. Discover
Canada’s roots, and learn about
French colonial life. www.pc.gc.ca
Port-Royal to
Victoria Beach
Continue on to Victoria Beach,
past a scenic lighthouse and an 18th
century Anglican Church. At low
tide walk the clam flats at Thorne’s
Cove, explore old graveyards and
enjoy a gorgeous view of the Digby
Gut and Bay of Fundy. You can also
fish off the wharf at Victoria Beach,
the terminus for the Pony Express
from Halifax in the mid 1800s.
Port-Royal to
Fundy Shore
On your way back toward
Granville Ferry, turn left onto
Hollow Mountain Road. Travel
through five miles of woodland over
the North Mountain to reach the
scenic Bay of Fundy. Turn left to
visit Delaps Cove for camping and
hiking adventures.
Delaps Cove
Wilderness Trail
In addition to a scenic wharf
and fishing fleet in Delaps Cove,
Annapolis Royal to
Granville Ferry
About a half mile past the Tidal
Power Plant, turn left for Port
Royal, Canada’s Oldest Settlement
Road and a Fundy Coast adventure.
In Granville Ferry you'll discover
many picturesque homes, several of
which are now B&Bs and artists’
studios. Parking areas offer scenic
vistas of Annapolis Royal across the
river. Half mile past Granville Ferry
you’ll find North Hills Museum.
North Hills Museum
Operated by the Nova Scotia
Museum and Annapolis Heritage
Society, North Hills is one of the
oldest houses in the province.
(c.1764). The
small, square, salt-box
house
is full of Georgian treasures,
mostly from England. It showcases
1700s and 1800s art, 1714 to 1830
porcelain, 1700s glassware, plus
elegantly crafted oak, walnut and
mahogany furniture. A
n
Acadian
aboiteau from
the nearby Melanson
Settlement NHS
is also on display.
Port-Royal
National Historic Site
The road continues past the
Melanson Settlement National
Historic Site, one of the best
preserved pre-deportation Acadian
archaeological sites in Canada, on
to Port-Royal NHS. The Habitation
is a reconstruction of one of the
first European settlements in North
America, founded in 1605 by Sieur
de Mons and Samuel de Champlain.
Costumed interpreters bring history
two trails offer a wilderness escape
with panoramic vistas and access to
the Bay of Fundy. See page 17.
Delaps Cove to
Hampton
Follow the rugged coastline of
the world-famous Bay of Fundy on
the Shore Road, stretching 20 miles
from Delaps Cove to Hampton.
Winding along the tide-carved
Fundy Coast, discover lighthouses,
cobble beaches, and fishing
wharves. Enjoy artists’ studios, salt
water marine life, photography,
birdwatching, hiking and kayaking.
After passing Litchfield, you’ll
find fresh seafood in Hillsburn, before
arriving in Parkers Cove. This is the
largest wharf in the area and an
active lobster fishing district.
Fishermen schedule work around
the 30-foot tides as the harbour is
dry a portion of each day. At low
tide, you can walk on the bottom of
the Bay of Fundy floor and investigate
inter-tidal marine life. If your visit is
not at low tide, you may see the
fishing fleet unloading their catch,
or do a little fishing of your own.
Young’s Cove and
Coastal Access Park
Continue east to Young’s Cove
Coastal Access Park. It includes a
Bay of Fundy viewing area less than
10 minutes from the parking lot.
Enjoy a picnic, hike along the shore,
explore tidal pools, and be on the
lookout for seals and fishing boats.
On Friday you can often join a local
musical jam session at Young’s
Cove Community Hall at 7 p.m.
Hampton to Bridgetown
to Annapolis Royal
Drive through Phinney Cove to
picturesque Hampton. In Hampton,
turn left off of the Shore Road,
following the signs to Hampton
Beach. Before you reach the beach
and wharf, a great spot for mackerel
fishing and spectacular sunsets,
you’ll see the Hampton Lighthouse
(circa 1911) on your right. Climb
the tower for a bird’s-eye view of
the bait sheds at the edge of the
protected harbour and the long
gravel beach near the wharf. There
are two tidal, cobble beaches here
for swimming and beach combing.
Re-cross the North Mountain to
Valleyview Provincial Park for a
spectacular view, picnic tables and
washrooms. Continue south through
farms and orchards to Bridgetown.
Return to Annapolis on Hwy. 1 for
Kayak Annapolis Royal or on the
#201 for a visit to the Tupperville
School Museum.
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