Hidden Nova Scotia: 125+ Secret Coves, Wreck Sites, Abandoned Armaments, and Other Off-the-Beaten-Path Destinations

by Scott Osmond

Nova Scotia is an established world-class tourist destination - but typical guidebooks miss many of the province's most fascinating, mysterious, and awe-inspiring sites. For those who wish to step off the beaten track, this guide is for you. Join exploration enthusiast Scott Osmond as he leads you to secret waterfalls, peaceful coves, ghostly industrial sites, abandoned armaments, sinkholes, shipwrecks, and so much more. Whether you are an armchair adventurer, a curious local, or a tourist from away, Osmond will show you a Nova Scotia few have experienced. This book will inspire wonder and curiosity-and raise awareness of the many unusual and peculiar locations nestled throughout this province. Hidden Nova Scotia describes over 125 marvelous, obscure places. Each site description includes historical context, information about the area and, of course, insider's directions for how to get there.

432 pages, Paperback

Published July 14, 2023

Reviews

[Katy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cool book! A little dry at times but overall really interesting concept and I now have a list of things to visit that I was previously unaware of. I borrowed this from the library but would love to own a copy.

[Mat C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neat idea for a book. I've been to a few of these places-I nearly got impaled climbing into the abandoned Radar Station (RCAF Beaverbank) several years ago. That was the closest I've ever felt to being one of the teenagers that dies in the first 5 minutes of a horror movie (don't recommend it).

This book made me nostalgic for the time I went to McNabs Island as a kid. I plan on making another trip there after reading this.

There are a lot of entries on armaments (a little boring). The history of the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway was fascinating.

I gave this book to my dad after I was done. About an hour later he was nearly 100 pages in and talking about all the places he had seen before. It's that kind of book.