Heron Shoal Cottage, located near the town of Wallace, is on the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait on Nova Scotia's Sunrise Trail. You can comfortably explore the surrounding area's many features on day trips.

A cottage rental at Heron Shoal Cottage allows you access to many activities nearby include hiking, biking, golf, tennis, fishing, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, shopping, restaurants, live theatre, museums, music and entertainment, sightseeing, swimming, snorkeling/diving, kayaking, boating, whale watching, sailing and much more.

Day trips from Malagash can include Pictou, the Annapolis Valley and the Bay of Fundy, Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg, and Halifax. To see how far you would travel you can calculate distances between points within Nova Scotia with a travel calculator. Charlottetown is a scenic two hour drive and it takes about two and a half hours to reach Cape Breton.More activities can be found in the 400 page Doers' and Dreamers' Travel Guide. Call 1-800-565-0000 or request a free copy of the print or DVD version.

History comes alive along the Sunrise Trail. It's a part of everything, from the warmth of the gentle surf that caresses broad beaches to the friendly people you'll meet everywhere you go. Find out more about the special feeling of welcome all along the Sunrise Trail

Close by, you can tour the Jost Winery to sample their fine selections of wine or partake of one of their summer festivals. Visit Thyme and Place, an emporium of items for people of any age.

For history buffs, take in the Malagash Salt Miners Museum and the Wallace Museum to learn about the industrious past of this part of the Sunrise Trail. In 2008 the 225th anniversary of the Settling of the Remsheg Grant was celebrated. This marked the original land grant given to the United Empire Loyalists and your vacation rentals are located within that grant. At the Balmoral Grist Mill you can see grain ground into flour by water power, or visit the Sutherland Steam Mill, where steam power turns logs into lumber just as it did when the mill was built in 1894. In Stellarton, Nova Scotia 's Museum of Industry tells the story of early industrial development through entertaining interactive exhibits.

At Sugar Moon Farm you can see and taste Nova Scotia's Maple Syrup industry up close. Also on the culinary trail you must visit Sunrise Mercantile where you will find a huge selection of delicious specialty foods. Sunrise Mercantile is quickly becoming a must-see destination for customers and cooks visiting Nova Scotia. Last, but certainly not least we highly recommend you visit Sara Bonnyman Pottery. Sara is always pleased to show you her functional stoneware pottery and hooked rug creations.

For those looking for beach time, the vacation cottage is a quick one minute drive from the Malagash Blue Sea Beach Park, a mile long, clean, safe beach. It is ideally suited to children and adults alike to swim, play or walk on the sand bars.

Wallace

The closest community on the Sunrise Trail is Wallace, a picturesque seaside village with a diverse cultural heritage. Primarily a fishing and farming centre, it features a large government wharf for the fishing fleet and a launching ramp for pleasure boats that visitors may use. Wallace is also the home of Wallace Quarries , suppliers of sandstone for many major North American projects for the last 150 years.

Tatamagouche

Tatamagouche, home of the very popular CBC television show, the Week the Women Went, is located twenty minutes from the cottage rental. The town contains grocery stores, a drug store, a liquor store, a hospital, gift shops, a post office and several restaurants. It is home to the Tatamagouche Creamery Square Museum and Gift Shop, the Sunrise Trail Museum, the Fraser Cultural Centre and the Tatamagouche Centre, a year round education, retreat and Conference centre. On Saturday morning, cottage renters should take in the farmer's market at the Creamery.

Brule

If you are not on a diet you must visit the Country Bread Basket, a Mennonite bakery on the Brule peninsula, just 10 minutes beyond Tatamagouche. Here you will find a quaint little coffee shop where you can have lunch and take in the wonderful aroma of freshly baked breads and sweets. Along your route you will also find the Brule Fossil Trackway Centre where you can see fossilized evidence of the earliest signs of animal herding and social behaviour. As you drive along you will also come across the odd farm stand where you can purchase fresh seasonal produce and a few more minutes will bring you to Denmark where you can stop in at the Original Pork Shop . Fresh varieties of meats can be had right from the butcher.

See, the Sunrise Trail has everything you want in a vacation destination!!

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