One of our local community hall suppers; this picture is taken in Ingomar at their popular chowder supper where the firemen are servers. 
What kind of vacationer are you?
Do you like nature? The great outdoors? Do you want to get away from it all but still be close to all the amenities? Do you like festivals and country fairs? The theatre and the arts? Or maybe you like to sail or fish? Golf or swim? Or just rediscover you're family roots? Are you a gardener or a Frenchy Shopper? You can find all this and more in Shelburne County. And as it just so happens, Boulder Cove Cottages is right in the middle of it all! Here is a summarized list of all the day trips and activities you can do while vacationing with us. While you are booking you're cottage ask about any events, activities, festivals or suppers happening around the county.   ​

  • Sand Beaches Two of Shelburne's public access sand beaches are less than 7 minutes away from Boulder Cove. Carleton Village Beach, once home to the community fish plant is now a rest stop for sun bathing seals and occasional dog walker. Great quiet beach for the kids to enjoy. Or further down the road, Roseway Beach were there is breakwater ocean swimming AND fresh water channel swimming. Good Bird Watching Beach and good surfing.
  •  Lake Swimming and Fishing There are lots of places to go fresh water fishing in the Spring and Summer in Shelburne County. Don’t forget a licence. Ask about details at the office. For those who don’t like ocean swimming Dexter’s Lake is a great place to take toddlers as the water is very shallow. Or the family can head to Welshtown lake where there is a municipal park with picnic tables and change rooms. Check out www.canoeshelburne.com  for information on where to go canoing in Shelburne County.
  • Fresh Local Seafood Whatever is in season we can get it for you. Just ask. Lobster season is December to May.   
  • LumberJack Axeperience Spend the afternoon learning and experiencing how to be a real lumberjack! Kids will love it,        couples will bond and everyone will have a great memory of their vacation on the South Shore. No where else can you get such a unique Vacation! Learn how to throw an axe, log roll and saw a log as a real lumberjack. To learn more please see Darren s Web Site at www.wildaxe.com  
  • Boxing Rock Brewery Tours AND Taste room Shelburne County's famous brewery is open for tours and now featuring the new TASTE Room with fresh local menu prepared by FinestKind Food Company on site. more info on tours 
  • District 33 Winery Shelburne is now home to it's own winery where grapes grown here are made into wine. You can visit the taste room and talk to the owners, enjoy a flight to see which combination is your favorite. Located in Sandy Point. 
  • Candlebox Kayaking Adventures Take a kayaking tour around Shelburne Harbour. Kayaks and equipment are provided. Visit their web site for more details on pricing and booking a tour. candleboxkayaking.com
  • Learn to Sail Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club is now offering week-long sailing lessons in the summer months to anyone over the age of 8. Kids, moms, dads, teenagers, everyone can learn how to sail. Courses are only $50.00 per person. There are 3 levels of courses and are instructed by Canadian Yachting Association certified and insured instructors. The courses provide an introduction to sailing theory, safety and boat handling. The course is taught in 9-foot sailing dinghies and also provides a safety boat, on-the-water instruction and learn to sail manuals. Each student receives 30 hours of instruction. To learn more please call  the yacht club at 902-875-4757. Summer classes only.
  • Golf at the River Hill Golf and Country Club The get there the quickest head back to the highway and continue left on HWY 103 to the next exit, number 28. The course is just a few minutes off the highway. OR Hang a left out of Boulder Cove driveway and a 40 minute scenic coastal drive will get you there too. Opens in March and closes in November. Kids have free lessons AND access to golf clubs!
  • Sandy Point Lighthouse Centre A great picnic park and at low tide visitors can walk out to the lighthouse on a sand bar. Sandy Point Lighthouse is located at the entrance of Shelburne Harbour and can be seen from Boulder Cove. The centre sells souvenirs and ice -cream and is the local community hall where the community hosts they're famous lobster suppers. Watch for dates!
  • Historic Dock Street All the shopping and museum hopping you need to fill the afternoon. Just 10 minutes from Boulder Cove.
  • Find Your Roots Many travelers learn a lot about local history when they travel but never think to look for their own history. It can be interesting and easy with the help of  our local genealogical societies. You may discover that you are more of a local then you would have ever thought.
  • Osprey Theatre. Also found on Dock Street and run by a local theatre group, the Osprey features great programing the whole family can enjoy. Ask about it when booking. Now they offer Thursday night movies!
  • Dairy Treat: Moes Shake Shack As all the children do at least once- bike to the dairy treat! Boulder Cove has the bikes and the helmets- all you need are the kids! Estimated bike time: 1 hour.
  • Island's Park A provincial campground and picnic park. Island's Park is great for swimming because it is closer to the fresh water of the Roseway River making the ocean water warmer. The park also offers lots of picnic tables and a boat ramp.
  • Welshtown Lake and Welkum Park. One of Shelburne's many lakes, Welkum Park is a picnic park found on Welshtown lake with a public swimming area, picnic tables, accessible playground and change rooms.
  • Site Seeing and Coastal Driving is a great way to see the county. With many lighthouses and small community museums, Boulder Cove will be happy to direct you around to all the picturesque scenery Shelburne County has to offer. Boulder Cove now offers a self guided driving tour of the shore road for those who want to learn more about the area they will be driving on. The drive ends at Baccaro Point Lighthouse.
  • Birchtown, home of the Black Loyalist landing and Museum complex. Only in it's beginning stages of development the complex features a museum, gift shop and research centre on the Black Loyalist heritage.
  • Town of Lockeport. Just ½ an hour away, Lockeport is a great day trip and features a the large sand beach, Crescent Beach (once featured on the fifty dollar bill ). At the beach there is a beach centre that features a gift gallery, visitor information, beach equipment rentals, showers, change rooms, ice-cream shoppe, canteen and interpretive displays. Lockeport is also offering harbour tours. Just ask at the Beach Centre.
  • Barrington. On the other side of Boulder Cove, about a ½ hour drive, is the municipality of Barrington which features one of the greatest bird watching areas in the province, many sandy beaches and has a unique cultural all it's own. Relying heavily on the fishing industry, Barrington is a must see when traveling Shelburne County with it's Important Birding Area, fascinating Museum complex as well as several quaint community museums, it is sure to please the cultural traveler.  Barrington is home to Darren Hudson, World Log Rolling Champion where he hosts is own Log Rolling Summer camps for kids. 
  • Shag Harbour. Home to the UFO Landing Site which has a museum to tell the tale; Chapel Hill Museum and many wharves where you will find fishermen getting ready for lobster season
  •  Bird Watching For all you birding enthusiasts and naturalists, Cape Sable Island is the place for you! Having a designated, 5 species Important Bird Area the island is a perfect place for you to explore and discover. Makes a great day trip being only 1/2 an hours drive from the cottages.
  • Pubnico. Land of the Acadians. The Acadians were the first Europeans to live in the area – circa 1653-and their culture lives on in Pubnico. Learn all about their struggles and achievements at Le village historique acadien or do some research at Le musee acadien, archives and research centre.
  • Thomas Raddall Provincial Park or the Kedji Seaside Adjunct in Port Mouton. Just a 40 minute drive these two parks are great for the outdoors-men and women. Great picnic parks with interpretive panels and rangers to help answer and questions you may have.
  • U-Pick Upper Clyde is the farm land of Shelburne County and features A Strawberry U-pick in June and July.  Blueberry U-pick  July & August. Fresh locally grown produce is also available Spring, Summer & Fall at Coastal Grove Farm in Port LaTour
  •  Garden Centres For all you gardeners out there Shelburne County is home to several Garden Centres. The following are links to several local  centres: Spencers Garden Centre, Ouset-Ville Perennials (rated one of the top 10 nurseries to visit by Canadian Gardening Mag), Lavender Hill Nursery                                                                                     
  • Frenchy’s! Shelburne is home to our famous Guy’s Frenchys where you get some great finds. Always busy and making bin drops every hour, Frenchys is open 7 days a week.. We also have New2You; a second hand shop that supports our local hospital. Always good finds at Salvation Army in Barrington. NEW to Shelburne is Queens & Kings and Other Things . In Barrington Twice as Nice a consignment shop with some great unique items. 
  • Geocaching Check out www.geocaching.com to find out more about the more than 900 listed geocaches listed within a 80km radious of McNutt’s island. Makes for a great sightseeing treasure hunt. Try Postal Code B0T 1W0 for Shelburne; 

​This is just the beginning of all the activities you can do in Shelburne County! When booking your vacation with us don't forget to ask about local events.
Swimming at Welkum Park in Welshtown Lake
Clam digging on McNutt's at low tide ...an activity that can only be done during the early Spring or Fall. 
Parade of Lights during
​Dock Street Days