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 Residents
of  Musquodoboit Harbour
are often chagrined to find that tourists don't realize the string of
buildings stretching out over several kilometers of highway is actually
a village. Musquodoboit Harbour is a thriving closeknit community with
a great deal to offer to the tourist or the entrepreneur. The village
is punctuated at the end by the Incubator Mall, a popular place for
new industry.
The Railway Museum and
Tourism Office is unfortunately closed during the first month of the
year. In days gone by, trains carrying lumber and lime from Middle Musquodoboit
, would stop at this railway station. Today, the station houses the
Railway Museum, which also serves as the local Tourism Office in summer.
There are a number of small shops in the area and you can buy everything
from Pizza to Pentiums.
The River Oaks Golf
Club and Dollar Lake Park
Make a mental note of the sign on the road which leads to Middle Musquodoboit.
Within a 20 minutes drive from Musquodoboit Harbour you can find yourself
in Meaghers Grant at the "The River Oaks Golf Club" You can
contact the Golb Club by telephone at (902) 384-2033, just in case you
want to sneak away for a few quick holes in the afternoon. The sign
also points into the direction of the Dollar
Lake Provincial Park. A great place for families. The Dollar Lake
Provincial Park has a small landscaped beach, changing cabins, washrooms
and several boats. It's a popular place for swimming and hiking, very
nice place for little children, as parents can watch their children
easily. Besides this, its such a beautiful peaceful place.
West Petpeswick Road reveals the charm of the Petpeswick Inlet. Opposite,
East Petpeswick Road already we are on the way to Martinique Beach, the
longest white sandy beach in Nova Scotia, only half an hour away from
Metro Halifax!!!
Yacht Club
A one mile drive down East Petpeswick Road will bring you to the
Petpeswick Yacht Club, host of the Mid Summer Regatta. Several
of the families living along the Petpeswick Road have a nice dog at home,
sometimes the dogs walk around or cross the road, please drive carefully
down the road to the Martinique Beach.
 The
Martinique Beach and Bird Sanctuary
The longest white sandy
beach in Nova Scotia. At the end of the East Petpeswick Road. Martinique
Beach with its teaming wildlife, has been designated a wildbird sanctuary,
where depending on the season, visitors can expect to see not just the
famous Canada goose but a wide variety of birds clustered around the
area on route to the southern climes.
Do you understand what causes the high and low tides? The moon is the
major cause of the tides. The"lunar day" ( the time it takes
for the moon to reappear at the same place in the sky) is 24 hours and
50 Minutes. Most places have two high tides and two tides each day. The
sun also can affect the tides, but has less than half the influence of
the moon.
When the sun, moon, and earth are lined up, as they are at the time of
new moon and full moon, their influence combine and high tide is higher
than normal and low tide is lower than normal. When the sun and the moon
are at right angles, as they are at the first quarter and last quarter
of the moon, the sun cancels some of the moon's effect and the range of
tide is smaller than normal. Also, at these times the sun will make the
tides somewhat ealier or later than average.
There are actually two tidal cycles, a twice-daily cycle and a once-daily
cycle. On a tide when the two cycles help each other, high tides will
be higher and low tides lower. On the next tide, when they conflict, the
tidal range will be smaller. The relative strength of these two cycles
varies from week to week and also varies from one place to another. In
the United States, along the Atlantic Coast the two daily tides have a
similar range, but on the Northern Pacific Coast there tends to be a large
difference between the two daily tides. South and in the Gulf of Mexico,
the difference is so great there often appears to be just one high tide
and one low tide per day.
Abnormal atmospheric pressure can temporarily affect the time and height
of tides. A difference of one inch in barometric pressure will cause about
one foot difference in sea level. Strong shore winds will also cause a
temporary increase in sea level. Tides in lower portions of rivers will
be affected by the changing volume of the river flow.
Call J+J Mckinnon Enterprises and find out all about the Tide Clock
Tel: 845-2977 and 463-4486.
Further along on Highway 7 - more shopping facilities at Forest Hill
Shopping for those general
day-to-day necessities and finding a nice place to do your laundry are
some of the tourists worst nightmares. Forrest Hill provides a wonderful
opportunity to do just that with a twist. Along this highway one can
find a liquor store, a drugstore with a small boutique, a grocery story
and next to the lumber a Restaurant & Bar. Conveniently located next
door the laudromat is the three-year-old
Laundromat Cafe. Serving up muffins, coffee, and/or icecream for the
children, this cafe' makes doing the laundry an enjoyable task.
Lawrencetown
West Chezzetcook
Musquodoboit Harbour
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