Ships, Trains & Planes–Transportation in Atlantic Canada

by Emma Lang  | Historic Building, Industrial, Monument / Landmark, Museum/Gallery, Park/Landscape, Train Station, VIA Rail Train Station

From shipbuilding and transatlantic travel to train stations and flying there are sites across Atlantic Canada where you can learn about how people and things have traveled around the region and the world.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress: Map of the European and North American Railway, showing its connection with the railways of the United States & Canada; made by direction of His Excellency John Hubbard, Governor of Maine under the resolve of Aug. 20th 1850

Places

McAdam Railway Station

McAdam, New Brunswick

Railway Coastal Museum

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

SS Atlantic Heritage Park & Interpretation Centre

Terence Bay, Nova Scotia

Age of Sail Museum/Cochrane Hall

Port Greville, Nova Scotia

Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum

Goffs, Nova Scotia

Orangedale Railway Station

Orangedale, Nova Scotia

Boishébert and Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Sites

New Brunswick

St. Peters Canal National Historic Site

Saint Peter's, Nova Scotia

Halifax Station

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Shogomoc Railway Site

Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

AIRO (Annapolis Investments in Rural Opportunity)

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Mulgrave Heritage Museum and Visitor Information Centre

Mulgrave, Nova Scotia

Junction Sixteen Kitchen & Bar

Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

Middleton Railway Museum

Middleton, Nova Scotia

Memory Lane Heritage Village

Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia

Fort Saint Louis

Baccaro, Nova Scotia

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

Baddeck, Nova Scotia

Elmira Railway Museum

Souris, Prince Edward Island

Beaubears Island

Miramichi, New Brunswick

Road Map

McAdam, New Brunswick to Miramichi, New Brunswick

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