HOW TO GET TO SHELBURNE COUNTY

 

Nova Scotia is a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water and Shelburne County is located on the western South Shore.  This provides us with some of the most scenic coastline vistas in the world.  Seaside fishing villages, isolated inlets and beaches a plenty await the traveler.  Shelburne County is literally  ”thrust” into the Atlantic Ocean at the very eastern tip of Mainland Canada.

Follow the Trans-Canada Highway, Interstate 95, or a host of  routes from the New England States and Quebec through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia and ….on to Shelburne County.  From Prince Edward Island, you can take the Confederation Bridge or the ferry from Wood Islands, PEI to Caribou, NS.

 

 

There is also a car and passenger ferry service from Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia.  A short drive to Shelburne County.

If you are traveling from Newfoundland, you will enter Nova Scotia in North Sydney via ferries from Port aux Basque or Argentia.
Reservations are recommended for some of these voyages,

Saint John, NB  to Digby, NS  ferry service
Daily year-round service by MV Princess of Acadia, three trips daily during peak months.
Toll Free – 1-888-249-SAIL
1-888-249-7245

 

 

 

 

 Download our Shelburne County Visitors Activities Guide and Map 

SHELBURNE COUNTY GUIDE

SHELBURNE COUNTY MAP

 

 

 

 

 

Take a walking tour of the Historic Town of Shelburne, shop in a variety of stores and enjoy fine dining at it’s best!  View the many 18th Century homes and stroll through the many museums that surround Historic Dock Street.

 

 

 

 

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