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9 Reasons to Visit Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Submitted by Kim on Wednesday, 22 July 20095 Comments

Liverpool native Thomas Raddall had a bestseller with this famous novel.

Just recently, the Region of Queen’s mayor, John Leefe, appealed to Paul McCartney to come to Liverpool, Nova Scotia for a quick trip and the former-Beatle could see his hometown’s namesake and sip beer overlooking a river named after Sir Paul’s famous Mersey. And although this never transpired maybe Paul will slip in at a later date when he has more time.

Here are my favorite reasons to visit Liverpool:

  1. Authentic Architecture: Many historic towns are restored to their former glory through excavating and following old plans. Liverpool doesn’t need to do this. The town has these old places in great abundance representing the 1700′s, 1800′s and prosperous early 1900′s when Liverpool was a prominent ship-building community.
  2. Beaches: Nowhere else in Nova Scotia can you find as many beaches within a 15 miles radius as around Liverpool.
  3. Fort Point Ligthhouse: One of the last great, working lighthouses in Nova Scotia the Fort Point light is also a museum.
  4. Simeon Perkins Museum: In the days of the privateers Simeon Perkins was a leader in outfitting privateer vessels and his original home along with artifacts is on display.
  5. Privateer Days: Usually around July 1st, this festival features pirates and a running gun battle with the King’s Orange Rangers and Liverpool privateers versus American privateers and pirates. Great action!
  6. Rossignol Cultural Centre: This is a celebration of history including aboriginal life, as well as having a very interesting outhouse museum.
  7. Sherman Hines Museum: View the photographs of one of the world’s finest photographers.
  8. White Point Beach Resort: One of eastern Canada’s top resorts with a full compliment of surfing, bike and kayak rentals.
  9. Folk artist Joe WintersWorld Class Artists: Painter Roger Savage and folk artist Joe Winters lead a group of premier artists who sell their art all over the world.

In addition, Liverpool was the home of Thomas Raddall, one of Canada’s greatest fiction authors with books like “His Majesty’s Yankees” and “Hangman’s Beach.”

5 Comments »

  • Small Group Tours said:

    Tourism has become increasingly important to Liverpool and the South Shore region in recent decades, particularly as tourists travel the “Lighthouse Route” a scenic drive between Halifax and Yarmouth.

  • Aldo said:

    I have already heard about this place but I am not too familiar about it. Based on your writing about the reasons for visiting this place, I am so attracted about the Authentic Architecture. I really love old architecture since it is very great. Can you imagine that people worked on the great building at that time? It is the advanced of technology at the time that I can not think of before. Someday, I wanna visit this excellent place.

  • diy shed kit said:

    Nova Scotia has all the things a tourist is looking for. It has wonderful beaches for leisure. Museums for culture and architecture for history. What more can you ask for?

  • Peter said:

    Nova Scotia sounds like an interesting place, maybe one day I’ll check it out. Peter

  • travel chess sets said:

    the beaches were definitely wonderful. looking forward to enjoying Privateer Days 2011!

    Hope this year we can get to visit Fort Point Lighthouse. For reasons that were not made clear to our group by the travel agency that organized the tour, it was unavailable last year.

    brad richards
    webmaster, travel chess sets

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