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Hopewell Rocks
⌂ 131 Discovery Rd,
Hopewell Cape # May–Oct
∑ thehopewellrocks.ca
South of the village of
Hopewell Cape is this phe­
nomenal geological formation
consisting of a series of large
rocks, some as high as 70 ft
(20 m) high, that have taken A horse-drawn wagon at Sherbrooke
on odd shapes from continual Village on the Eastern Shore
tidal erosion. Due to the Bay
of Fundy’s extreme tidal
ranges, these formations are has changed little since the Ambrotype Studio can dress
covered in water twice a day turn of the 20th century. The in period costumes then sit
but they can be completely tiny house and farm that very still while the vintage
viewed at low tide. When the comprise the Fisherman’s Life camera records their image
park is closed for the season Museum in Jeddore, Oyster on glass. Just outside town a
you can still park outside of Ponds (on the access road 37 massive waterwheel turns,
the gate and walk down to miles/60 km east of Halifax) powering the Lumber Mill.
the beach along the trails. was the home of an inshore
fisherman, his wife, and their Sherbrooke Village
13 daughters around 1900. " -= ⌂ Off Hwy 7 # Jun–
24 Today, the homestead is a Oct: daily ∑ sherbrooke
living­history museum, where
village.novascotia.ca
The Eastern Shore guides in period cos tume re­
enact the simple life of an
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Visitors who arrive at midday
A tour along the Eastern may be invited to share lunch Acadien
Shore is a trip through old­ cooked over a woodburning ⌂ Route 11, 6 miles (10 km)
world Nova Scotia, through stove. There are also daily W of Caraquet @ From
towns and villages where life demonstrations that include Bathurst # 10am–6pm
rug­hooking and quilting, daily ¢ Aug 15 ∑village

and visitors can tour the historique acadien.com
fishing stage, where salted
fish were stored. After the tragic deportation
Sherbrooke Village is the of 1755–63, Acadians slowly
largest living­history museum returned to the Maritimes,
in Nova Scotia. Between 1860 clearing new farmlands and
and 1890, this was a gold and rebuilding their way of life.
lumber boomtown. As the The Village Historique Acadien
gold ran out, Sherbrooke once portrays a rural Acadian com­
again became a sleepy rural munity between 1770 and
village. In the early 1970s, 1949. The village’s 60 restored
some 25 of Sherbrooke’s historic buildings, including
most historic buildings were several working farms, cover
restored. Within the village, 900 acres (364 ha).
scores of costumed guides Throughout the village,
bring 19th­century Nova Scotia period­costumed bilingual
to life. A ride on a horse­drawn guides recreate the daily
wagon offers an overview of activities of the 19th century.
the town; the drivers share Visitors can ride in a horse­
snippets of local history as the drawn wagon, watch the work
horses trot along the village of the black smith, print shop,
roads. At the apothe cary, or gristmill, and also tour
Strangely shaped visitors can watch the careful working farms and homes
Hopewell Rocks, also mixing of patent medicines, where women are busy cook­
called “Flowerpot Rocks” and those interested in the ing, weaving, and spinning.
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