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ATTRACTION NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND WEB SITE

Description of Attraction, Hours of Operation

UPPER CLEMENTS PARK

P.O. Box 57

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

B0S 1A0

(902) 532-7557

Toll Free:

1-888-248-4567

Seasonal - Open Daily Mid June to Labour Day 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Upper Clements Park is a theme park with 26 rides and attractions, daily live entertainment, craft, food & shopping concessions.

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DISCOVERY CENTRE

1593 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia

(902) 492-4422

Open Year Round Daily 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The centre has always focused on high quality graphics and simple, hands-on demonstrations to explain scientific processes, rather than relying on lots of text. Over the years, young and old alike have stepped inside giant soap bubbles, navigated rooms distorted by optical illusions and rotated in chairs similar to those used to train astronauts.

SEA SUN KAYAK SCHOOL & ADVENTURES
c/o St. Mary's Boat Club
PO Box 1749 Fairfield Rd, Halifax, NS
B3J3A5

(902) 420-9902 OR 471-2SEA

Summer Season Daily

Winter indoor pool Kayak courses.

Guided Kayak Tours along the coast and coastal islands of Nova Scotia, 1/2 day trips to 4 day packages. Training courses. Kayak with whales see Sea Sun Kayak School - Whales and Tails in Nova Scotia

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FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG
259 Park Service Road
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

B1C 2L2

(902) 733 3545

Daily - Seasonal - Closed November to April 30. Open 9:00 am to 6:00 pm with reduced hours in spring and fall.

Today families can step back in time to the year 1744 and into one of the busiest seaports in the New World, meet fishermen, soldiers, servants and merchants and take part in a hands-on history lesson. Children can enjoy games and craft activities at the Children's Interpretive Centre while parents take their time and explore the fortress.

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FUNDY GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

162 Two Island Rd.
PO Box 640

Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

B0M 1S0

(902) 254-3814

Open Daily Year Round. Summer 9:30 to 5:30 - 7 days a week. Winter 9:00 to 5:00 - Tuesday to Saturday.

The Fundy Geological Museum is the perfect place to see those ancient geological riches. Fossilized dinosaur footprints, the world's first reptiles, giant insects and some of the oldest dinosaur bones on earth are all on display here. But the centrepiece of the museum is Project Prosauropod. Visiting families can play paleontologist and watch lab technicians as a the bones of a prosauropod dinosaur are painstakingly removed from their rocky tomb and assembled for display.