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Just east of Yarmouth, boaters can explore the picturesque Tusket Islands, where local lobster fishermen have built colourful shanties to live in during the winter lobster fishing season. Small, gray, weather-beaten wharves, loaded with lobster traps, line some of these small shanty-filled islands, and create a captivating sight.
At the mostly easterly portion of Yarmouth County coastline, boaters will find the Pubnicos. This marks the start of the Acadian communities found along this shore. West Pubnico is home to an Acadian Museum and the Historical Acadian Village of Nova Scotia. These attractions offer insight on early Acadian life in Nova Scotia, both prior to and after the deportation of these French-speaking people from Nova Scotia in 1755. Displays show how these early settlers cleverly built dykes along the saltwater marsh coastlines to create productive farm land.
Cruising east of the Pubnicos takes boaters into Shelburne County. The southern part of the Shelburne County is home to Cape Sable Island. The island is famous for its highline fishing and boatbuilding, including the development of the Cape Island boat, a very seaworthy inshore fishing boat. Further east is the Town of Shelburne, which has a large deepwater harbour.
Leaving Shelburne County, boaters next encounter the coastline of Queens County, where its major port, Liverpool, is known as the Land of the Privateers.
This town also has ties to the American Revolution of 1776-1783, as American privateers attacked Nova Scotia's coastal communities. Forced to mobilize a defense, Liverpool formed its own band of privateers to block or intercept enemy ships, often resulting in a King's Bounty reward. Each year, the town hosts Privateer Days during the early part of the summer, and 2009 will mark its 250th anniversary. The town has a dock for incoming vessels.
East of Queen County is the coastline of Lunenburg County, where boaters will find the historic Town of Lunenburg, home to Nova Scotia icon and legendary racing schooner, the Bluenose.
The Bluenose, built in 1921, was an unbeatable ocean racing vessel during her 18-year-career, which lasted until 1938. Much of her history is captured at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, where the seaworthy Bluenose II replica often docks.
Lunenburg boasts colourful and historic waterfront buildings, and has a long tradition of high seas fishing and boatbuilding. It has a waterfront marina and a yacht club on nearby Herman's Island.
Other places of interest for boaters along the Lunenburg County coastline include the picturesque Lahave River, west of Lunenburg, which has a small marina and a yacht club. The county's largest town, Bridgewater, has two bridges that span the Lahave River. To the east, popular boating hot spots in Lunenburg County include the Town of Mahone Bay, and further east, the Village of Chester.
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