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The Shelburne Museum Complex
The Shelburne Museum Complex in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada offers museums by the sea, and is comprised of the Shelburne County Museum, the Dory Shop Museum, and the Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum. Group tours are available and you will learn about the the county's heritage, and the museum shop has some excellent souvenirs and gifts, also available on-line. Come for a fascinating visit, explore the 10 block historic waterfront, the Dory Shop, the Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum, the Shelburne County Museum, Tottie's quilts, rugs and crafts, Cox's historic shipyard and warehouse, the Guild Hall and Farmers Market and so much more. The Shelburne Museum Complex also offer 18th century re-enactments, so look out for those, and the historic waterfront serves as a great set for historic films. Come celebrate the heritage and special community events, take a walk back in time, it's an unforgettable experience.
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The Shelburne Mall2015-06-19
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Shelburne Mall in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada is your air conditioned regional shopping centre with free parking and washrooms. Established in 1979, they cover all your needs and companies and shops include a bank, department store, doctor of Optometry, drug store and food store, gifts, the lotto, tobacco and a liquor store, a restaurant and more. The Shelburne Mall also have vacant spaces available for lease at competitive prices, contact management today, and if the mall doesn't have what you are looking for, contact them via email and tell, they are continuously expanding to meet the needs of the customer.READ MORE
Boulder Cove2015-06-22
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Boulder Cove near Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada offers incredible cottage life in their small town on the natural shoreline of Birchtown Bay, just 7 minutes from picturesque and historical Shelburne. Your authentic maritime vacation awaits in these stunning cottage hideaways with casual luxuries including relaxing airjet or whirlpool tubs, private ocean views, covered patio decks with propane BBQ and patio furniture, large eat in kitchens all well equipped with excellent amenities, an open air living room with pullout sofa bed and satellite TV, WIFI internet and so much more. Boulder Cove cottage comfortably accommodate 6 people and they have bicycles and helmets, offer ocean swimming off the dock, fishing rods for lake and ocean fishing, board games, campfires, canoeing, a row boat, bird watching, several hammocks hung around the property and a whole lot more, come for a fabulous stay surrounded by towering century old pines. READ MORE
MacKenzie's Suites and Wildwood Motel2015-06-18
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
MacKenzie's Suites and Wildwood Motel in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada have intimate brookside cottages, motel rooms and luxury suites in a stunning park like, brook-side setting with something for everyone's taste and budget. All guest enjoy the heated outdoor pool, free WIFI, surrounding decks, landscaped brookside atmosphere, a free continental breakfast, and BBQ's are available. MacKenzie's Suites and Wildwood Motel are ideally located just 10 minutes walk from the historic waterfront district, and the area is great for hiking and picnics, visiting museums and the arts centre, kayaking, canoeing, golf and more, plus there are sandy beaches, boat launches, a yacht club and marina, rivers and lake and of course one of the most beautiful harbours in the world, come for a fabulous stay.READ MORE
Shelburne Whirligig and Weathervane Festival2015-06-22
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shelburne Whirligig and Weathervane Festival is an annual event of great family fun and entertainment right on the waterfront in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Whirligigs are art that comes alive in the wind, and part of Nova Scotia's folk art, it's what you get when you put art and woodworking together, and during the festival whirligig makers put together their masterpieces. They even have kits for sale at the festival and each elaborate creation tells a story, you can vote for your favourite display and the winner gets announced at the end. The Shelburne Whirligig and Weathervane Festival offers many awars in the various whirligig categories, plus an award for the best weathervane, plus there are local arts and crafts displays, rug hooking, folk art as well as live concerts and more, it's not to be missed.READ MORE
Dory Shop Museum2015-06-22
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Dory Shop Museum in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada welcomes you inside to a fascinating first hand view of the art of crafting a traditional dory, and hear the take of these iconic small crafts. Fishing was revolutionized in the middle of last century with the discovery of lots of hooks on one line producing more fish, thus trawling was born and afterwards even more fish could be hauled by taking lots of little boats onto the schooner then carrying them out to the banks, and thus dory fishing was born. The Dory Shop Museum was built by John Williams in 1880, and along with other businesses helped produce thousands of dories during the years of the famous Grand Banks fishery from 1880 - 1971, come learn all about this wonderful history and see the craft.READ MORE
The Islands Provincial Park2015-06-22
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Islands Provincial Park is located just across the harbour from the historic town of Shelburne, Nova Scotia ideal for a fun maritime camping experience. The 70-site campground has water outlets and two picnic areas, a private beach which is unsupervised as well as a boat launch and trailer dump station, it's the perfect base for exploring Shelburne's many museums, shops, and picturesque charm. The Islands Provincial Park has WIFI available at the building and surrounding area, and is a restful stop, come for a fabulous stay and enjoy all that the south shore has to offer in beautiful surrounds.READ MORE
Barracks Cove Cottages2015-06-18
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Barracks Cove Cottages in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada offers 3 private, clean and comfortable cottage suites, with heavenly beds in a quiet country setting. With convenient open plan kitchen, dining and living area, all appliances, a full sized fridge, propane BBQ, air conditioning, spacious decks and so much more, it's the perfect self catering home away from home, wheelchair accessible too. Barracks Cove Cottages also have a hot tub swimming pool with sun deck and fireplace, a fish pond, cable TV, with walking and biking trails nearby that will take you through the beautiful woods with mature trees and along the harbour until you reach the park, it's perfect here for relaxing after a busy day.READ MORE
Sea Dog Saloon2015-06-19
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Sea Dog Saloon offers waterfront family dining in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada on one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. Here spectacular views, fresh seafood, live music and the best seafood chowder in Shelburne County await for a memorable dining experience on the historic waterfront. There's a great breakfast menu served all day, exquisite starters and salad choices, chowders and sandwiches, wraps, delectable seafood choices including a seafood platter, pasta, and something from the grill, they also have a kids menu and great desserts. The Sea Dog Saloon offers daily specials and classics and can accommodate whether you are in the mood for a steak, thick burger or fresh seafood and every Friday there's live music. They also have Sea Dog Kayak Rentals on the waterfront, with a modern stable fleet of kayaks for adventure and fun out on the waters, and single and double equipped are available.READ MORE
The Shelburne Museum Complex2015-06-19
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Shelburne Museum Complex in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada offers museums by the sea, and is comprised of the Shelburne County Museum, the Dory Shop Museum, and the Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum. Group tours are available and you will learn about the the county's heritage, and the museum shop has some excellent souvenirs and gifts, also available on-line. Come for a fascinating visit, explore the 10 block historic waterfront, the Dory Shop, the Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum, the Shelburne County Museum, Tottie's quilts, rugs and crafts, Cox's historic shipyard and warehouse, the Guild Hall and Farmers Market and so much more. The Shelburne Museum Complex also offer 18th century re-enactments, so look out for those, and the historic waterfront serves as a great set for historic films. Come celebrate the heritage and special community events, take a walk back in time, it's an unforgettable experience.READ MORE
Port of Shelburne2015-06-18
Located in Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Port of Shelburne, Shelburne Marine Terminal is owned by the town of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada and operated by the Shelburne Port Authority. The Shelburne harbour is the third best natural harbour in the world with the Eastern Way channel leading to the entrance which is 800 metres wide with a minimum depth of 9 metres and anchorage for vessels in 13 metres of water, and is approximately 10 nautical miles long. There are two wharves and a marina for incoming vessels, and they can do dockside repairs for metal hulled vessels and wood and fibreglss vessels, as well as vessel haul out, storage and transport, they also offer marine diesel repair, crane rentals and crane services and so much more. The Port of Shelburne, Shelburne Marine Terminal takes care of all your marine requirements, and the Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club located just north of them for visiting yachts, mooring balls, boats at anchor and more.READ MORE