Sailing

Any area with so much convoluted coastline is clearly inviting to sailors and gunkholers. Tours and charters are available almost everywhere there's a decent-size harbor. Those with the inclination and skills to venture out on their own can rent 5m (16-ft.) Wayfarers, or one of several slightly larger boats, by the hour and maneuver among beautiful islands at Sail Mahone Bay (tel. 902/624-8864) on the south shore near Lunenburg. The province's premier sailing experience is an excursion aboard the Bluenose II, which is virtually an icon for Atlantic Canada.