Relaxation time!
We had a nice little cottage on a lake for the week. There were a couple kayaks so we mostly kayaked, read books, and fished. Many of the lakes in western Nova Scotia were polluted to the point where trout can't live anymore. They're loaded with catfish, eels, and pickerel (small type of pike). I tried to catch an eel to see how gross they are but couldn't find any. I did catch a ton of pickerel on topwater:
Shelburne was 10 minutes away and was supposed to be the lobster capital of Canada, but we couldn't find anywhere to eat lobster besides a crazy expensive fancy restaurant. We went to the Barrington Wool Mill which was pretty cool. They used the river to power all the spinning and weaving machines. It wasn't currently running but we did get a really nice blanket.
Overall I wouldn't say western Nova Scotia is worth visiting, but we did have a relaxing break from our travels.
The Halifax area was much nicer with more scenery and things to do.
We stayed at Graves Island for a couple nights camping and I went out fishing in Lunenburg. It seemed like there was really only one company that takes people out fishing in that whole area so there were a ton of fish. I caught around 50 cod, pollock, mackerel, and herring. There were 9 people on a pretty big boat so there was plenty of room to move around. Five other people caught cod over 35 inches but all of mine were in the mid twenties. Of course I only got a picture of the smallest mackerel.
Nova Scotia isn't much like Scotland at all, but there is enough of the same music, food, whisky, and scenery to make it well worth visiting (at least the eastern half).
Now somebody get me some seafood chowder, stat!
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