Explore the Area
Regions & Communities
Bluenose Coast
Caledonia
Farmland attracted six Scots and two Irishmen in 1820. Unfortunately gold mines no longer exist but farming and lumbering continue. The community remains a tranquil place with strong spirit, hosting a vast array of events and suppers.
- Discover the lifespan of speckled trout at McGowan Lake Fish Hatchery
- Check your genealogy at North Queens Heritage Museum
- Enjoy Queens County Fair, a five-day agricultural exhibition - one of the oldest in Canada - 125 years and growing! (September)
- All year visit Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site; a naturalist’s delight, with a wilderness campground, canoeing, hiking trails, and freshwater lakes for swimming. Perfect for all seasons with a multitude of bird life and wildflowers in the spring, extraordinary fall foliage colours and the crispness of crosscountry skiing.
- Fall colour all along Route 8.
- Stay in a tipi at a riverside location or a cozy B&B, Inn or woodland cottages.
- Caledonia Historic Tour – self-guided brochures available from Caledonia Visitor Centre, together with crafts and world famous Blueberry Juice.
- Cameron’s Brook Provincial Picnic Park
- Woodsman Competitions at a lakeside campground
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