BIRDING SITES OF NOVA SCOTIA
 ANTIGONISH COUNTY
INFORMATION WEB LINKS

This web page, an aid to travel and vacation planning
within Antigonish County in Nova Scotia,
supports and augments the Birding Sites of Nova Scotia guidebook.

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Tourism Information & Orientation
Locator Maps for Birding Sites & Routes
County Updates
Weather & Tides
Trails
Parks & Protected Areas
Cultural Heritage Attractions
Lighthouses
Author's Antigonish County Recommendations
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Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Tourism & Orientation Web Sites
Antigonish County Map
Antigonish County Tourism
Sunrise Trail Scenic Route Information
Antigonish County Visual Tour
Antigonish & Eastern Shore Tourism Association
Town of Antigonish
 


Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Locator Maps for Birding Sites & Routes
A) Eastern Antigonish County
A1 Auld’s Cove & the Canso Causeway (west end)  &  Aerial View 
A2 Havre Boucher, including:
Junction of Hwy 4 and Havre Boucher Road
West Harbour mouth of Havre Boucher
Aerial View of Havre Boucher
A3 Cape Jack, including:
Junction of Hwy 4 and Cape Jack Road
 Cape Pond, Breens Pond, and Breens Beach
Aerial View of Cape Jack and ponds
A4 Linwood Harbour  &  Aerial View
A5 Tracadie Harbour, including:
Barrios Beach
Junction of Hwy 4 and West Arm Branch Road to Benoit Island
Aerial View of Tracadie Harbour
A6 Bayfield Beach Provincial Park
A7 Pomquet Beach Provincial Park (entrance) &  Aerial View
B) Antigonish Harbour  (Aerial View)
B1  Dunn’s Beach  &  Aerial View
Provisional Site Species' List  (PDF file)
B2  Arbor Drive Extension Floodplain
B3 Antigonish Landing & Antigonish Wildlife Management Area, including:
Western trail terminus, at Antigonish Heritage Museum
Unmarked turn off Route 337 (Tony's Meats) to Wildlife Management Area
Eastern trail terminus, at Antigonish Wildlife Management Area
Antigonish Sewage Lagoons
Aerial View of Antigonish Wildlife Management Area
Provisional Site Species' List  (PDF file)
B4 Fairmont Ridge Trails - parking lot off Route 337
Trails Map,  Descriptions &  Detailed Information
B5  Mahoney's Beach (turnoff from Route 337) &  Aerial View  &  Trail Map  &  Description
B6 Ogdens Pond (junction of Route 337 & Jimtown Road)  &  Aerial View
Provisional Site Species' List  (PDF file)
C) Mini Cabot Trail
C1 Between Antigonish Harbour and Cape George Point on Route 337 & 245, including:
Bridge over South Lake
Junction with MacDougall Road, leading to Cribbons Beach
Bridge over North Lake
Ballantyne’s Cove
C2  Cape George Point - turnoff  &  Aerial View  & Cape George Lighthouse
Provisional Site Species' List  (PDF file)
C3 Between Cape George Point and Arisaig Provincial Park on Route 337, including:
Junction for side road to Livingstone Cove
Malignant Cove Pond
Junction for side road to Arisaig Point
C4  Arisaig Provincial Park (entrance)  &  Trails Map  &  Descriptions
Provisional Site Species' List  (PDF file)
D-F) INLAND ANTIGONISH COUNTY
D  Beaver Mountain Provincial Park - entrance,  Trail Map  &  Description
E  Frasers Mills & MacGillivrays Lake
F  Clydesdale to Brown’s Mountain:
Junction of Clydesdale Road and Route 245
Junction of Clydesdale Road and Connors Road
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Weather & Tides Web Sites
WEATHER
Town of Antigonish inland weather forecast
Cape George inland weather forecast
Port Hawkesbury inland weather forecast  (near Canso Causeway)
Northumberland Strait marine weather forecast
TIDE TIMES - NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT (east to west)
Auld's Cove (Canso Causeway)  &  locator map
Cape Jack  &  locator map
Cribbon's Point (near Ogden's Pond)  &  locator map
Antigonish Harbour  &  locator map
Cape George  &  locator map
Arisaig  &  locator map
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Trails Web Sites
Mahoney's Beach Trail -- Locator Map,  Trail Map  &  Description
Fairmont Ridge Trails -- Locator Map,  Trails Map,  Descriptions &  Detailed Information
Antigonish Landing Trail -- Locator Map,  Trail Map  &  Description
Arisaig Provincial Park -- Locator Map,  Trails Map  &  Descriptions
Beaver Mountain Provincial Park -- Locator Map,  Trail Map  &  Description
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Parks & Protected Areas Web Sites
Eigg Mountain-James River Wilderness Area  (established March 2005)
  Pomquet Beach Region "Important Bird Area"
  Beaver Mountain Provincial Park
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Cultural Heritage Attraction Web Sites
Antigonish Heritage Museum
Cape George Lighthouse (near Ballantynes Cove)
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish
Architectural Virtual Tour of the Town of Antigonish
Antigonish Highland Games
St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery
Lyghtesome Art Gallery
Our Lady of Grace Monastery
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Lighthouse Web Sites
Cape George Lighthouse  &  locator map
Havre Boucher Range Lights  &  locator map
Pomquet Island Lighthouse  &  locator map
North Canso Lighthouse  &  locator map
 
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Author's Recommendations
Dragon Fly Café, in Lower South River, east of Antigonish, on Hwy #1
(formerly Uncle Ron's Coffee Stop -- still the best oat cakes in Nova Scotia)
Mother Webb's Restaurant, in Lower South River, east of Antigonish, on Hwy #1

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