This is the Nova Scotia chapter from Lonely Planet's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island guidebook.

Nova Scotia may have gingerbread-like houses, picture-perfect lighthouses and waves lapping sandy shores, but it's also the raw Canada of fishermen braving icy seas, miners, moose and hockey - either way the locals are the most down-to-earth folk you’ll meet.

• people-watch along the waterfront and take in an unforgettable meal in Halifax
• maps
• sample French soldiers' rations or a general's feast c 1744 at Louisbourg National Historic Site
• transport
• brave the waves of the tidal bore at Maitland
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Halifax & around, Dartmouth, Eastern Shore Beaches, Sambro, Prospect, Peggy's Cove, South Shore, Chester, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Kejimkujik National Park, Seaside Adjunct (Kejimkujik National Park), Shelburne, Barrington to West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Annapolis Valley & French Shore, Cape St Mary to Meteghan, Church Point to St Bernard, Digby Neck, Digby, Bear River, Annapolis Royal & around, Kentville, North of Highway 1, Wolfville, Grand Pré, Windsor, Central Nova Scotia, Shubenacadie, Maitland, Truro, Economy to Five Islands, Parrsboro, Cape d'Or, Cape Chignecto Provincial Park & Advocate Harbour, Joggins, Amherst, Sunrise Trail, Wallace, Wentworth, Tatamagouche, Pictou, New Glasgow, Antigonish & around, Cape George, Cape Breton Island, Port Hastings, Ceilidh Trail, Cabot Trail & Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Bras d'Or Lake Scenic Drive, North Sydney, Sydney, Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Eastern Shore, Guysborough, Canso, Sherbrooke, Taylor Head Provincial Park, Tangier and Jedore Oyster Pond.