20 Free Places to Camp in Nova Scotia

July 24, 2021

East Coast camping is incredible. Anyone who has slept under an Atlantic sky knows that the East Coast is a camper’s dream. Nova Scotia boasts some of Canada’s most accessible, friendly and striking coastline, dotted with white sand beaches, craggy headlands and isolated islands. The forested interior is just as beautiful: here you'll find tea-tinted lakes, mossy gullies and burbling rivers. Some of the darkest skies in the country can be found here, perfect for a tent-less night under the star...

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Tyler LeBlanc

Tyler LeBlanc is a writer, a filmmaker, and an international tour guide who has lead cycling, hiking, and kayaking trips in North America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. When he’s not working on the manuscript of his first book, you can find him hanging off cliffs or bobbing around in the North Atlantic. Trained in Creative Writing, Journalism, and Political Science, Tyler is storyteller obsessed with the ocean.