Evergreen House, Dartmouth, NS

Small, local museums are often overlooked due to time restraints, but when we're in an area more than a few days we often find they are a great resource in getting to the heart of a community. Dartmouth's Evergreen House is one such place.

Dartmouth, NS Housesit with Murphy

Each housesit is an opportunity to get to know an area and live like a local. When an opportunity arose near Halifax, we jumped at the chance and are grateful to Colin and Laura for making it become a reality. Their cozy, comfortable home in Dartmouth is a short fifteen minute walk to downtown and the harbour.

Along the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island

After visiting Louisbourg we drove along the Cabot Trail that circles Cape Breton Island.

Fort Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

When we set out on our Atlantic Canada adventure in August we had two must-see destinations in mind. One was the Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and the other was Fort Louisbourg on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. 

Dauphin Gate

South from St. Anthony to Port aux Basques

Our final two days in Newfoundland were spent mostly on the road, as we travelled south from St. Anthony to Port aux Basques in order to take the ferry back to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Cow Head, Newfoundland

L' Anse aux Meadows

One thousand years before the Europeans arrived in North America Norse expeditions travelled from Greenland and established a settlement on the tip of Newfoundland's great northern peninsula. 

St. Anthony, Nfld

We stayed three nights in St. Anthony as the Snuggle Inn self-catering cottage. Our unit is on the lower level of the orange house with the red roof, shown in the centre of the photo below (to the far right of the orange airplane).

North to St. Anthony

Our next destination, St. Anthony, is 347 km north of Rocky Harbour. 

Western Brook Pond Boat Tour

When friends heard we were planning a trip to Newfoundland their number one suggestion of absolute must-see destinations was Bontours Western Brook Pond Boat Tour.

Rocky Harbour, Nfld

The drive from Twillingate to Rocky Harbour is 425 km and we found it a long, desolate one!