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Getting Here
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Nova Scotia is located on North America's Atlantic Ocean coast - one of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. You can get here by sea, air or land.
Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, to Caribou, Nova Scotia.
Bar Harbor / Portland, Maine, to Yarmouth , Nova Scotia.
Saint John, New Brunswick, to Digby, Nova Scotia.
Northwest Air Link offers daily service from Boston to Halifax.
Northwest Airlines offers daily flights to Nova Scotia from Detroit.
Nova Scotia is well serviced with scheduled flights from continental Europe & the United Kingdom. Visit the Halifax International Airport or Sydney Airport sites for more details.
Limousine service and car rentals are available at the Halifax International, Sydney and Yarmouth airports. There is a shuttle bus to and from hotels in the Metro area, and Acadian Lines provides connections to province-wide bus service.
Greyhound from New York and Voyageur from Montreal connect with Acadian Lines in Nova Scotia. At Amherst, intraprovincial bus lines link most major communities.
VIA Rail Canada provides transcontinental train service. For more information call 1-800-561-3952.
Yarmouth is the terminal for ferries operating from Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine. Regular bus service links Yarmouth to Halifax, and the Yarmouth airport receives daily flights from Halifax and Boston.
Digby is the terminal for the car ferry Princess of Acadia, operating from Saint John New Brunswick. Buses depart daily to Yarmouth and Halifax. Digby is on the Evangeline Trail.
Amherst is the first community you enter after crossing the border from New Brunswick on Trans Canada Highway 104. Two scenic travelways begin at Amherst: the Sunrise Trail along Route 6 and the Glooscap Trail along Route 2.
North Sydney is the terminal of the Marine Atlantic ferry service from Port-aux-Basques and Argentia, Newfoundland. North Sydney is at the eastern end of Trans Canada Highway 105, in the Metro Cape Breton area.
Caribou is the terminal for Northumberland Ferries, which arrive daily from Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island between May 1 and mid-December. Highway 106 leads from the ferry terminal to the Pictou Rotary and the Sunrise Trail.
Halifax International Airport is the starting point for most travellers arriving in Nova Scotia by air. Located in Halifax the airport serves as the major entry point for tourists arriving from Europe, the United States and other parts of Canada. A bus service connects the metro area with other parts of the province. Four travelways converge here: the Marine Drive, Evangeline Trail, Glooscap Trail and Lighthouse Route.
The Sydney Airport has played a vital role in Cape Breton for many years. Sydney is the premiere entry point to Canada from Europe and the ideal departure point to many international destinations.
The wearing of seat belts is mandatory in Nova Scotia.
The scenic travelways follow the slower-paced trunk and collector roads that lead you through the Nova Scotia you have come to see. Just follow the signs of the travelways to attractions, scenic views, festivals, restaurants, accommodations, campgrounds, museums, beaches and parks.
The Trans Canada and 100-series highways are limited-access, rapid-transit highways. The Nova Scotia section of the Trans Canada Highway is a direct route from the New Brunswick border near Amherst to the Newfoundland ferry terminal in Cape Breton. A short extension, Highway 106 to Caribou, leads to Prince Edward Island via a ferry service.
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