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Tusket Island Tours - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

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Touring the Tusket Islands, the remote Nova Scotian fishing village on the Acadian Shore

Fishing has been part of Nova Scotia’s heritage for a very long time, and the Tusket Islands is one of the rare places where you can still see part of that remarkable lifestyle today.

Near Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, a short drive from Yarmouth and along the Acadian Shores, the Tusket Islands are a remote fishing village that is still used for fishing. The times have changed, and people don’t live on the islands the way that they used to, year round, but the area is still dotted with fishing shanties.

On board the John Herald with Tusket Island Tours

Tusket Island Tours, operating out of Wedgeport, offers tours of the unique fishing village, and it is such charming and refreshing experience.

Operated by the LeBlanc brothers, the two will take you out on their lobster boat, the John Herald, show you the nearby waters and teach you some of the history of the area, and then take you to Big Tusket Island for some of the best seafood chowder that I’ve ever had.

On the boat ride out, Simon LeBlanc shares stories about navigating the waters, and how his family has been fishing in the area for generations.

“People used to live here full time,” Simon said.

“When my grandfather used to fish in the fifties and sixties, it made sense for him to live in a shanty on an island instead of rowing back every day when he was done his fishing. So a lot of those shanties built in those days were very poorly built, and most of them don’t even exist any more.”

Close to Big Tusket Island, Simon showed us nearby islands and shared some of the history that includes possible World War II espionage, and stories of shipwrecks, and local legends.

Along the way, the brothers also demonstrate how they haul in a lobster trap, and on our trip they had a humongous lobster to show us, too.

What makes the whole experience so unique is that it’s not just a tour about the area, it’s also a very personal trip, and Simon shares a lot from his family, his Acadian heritage, and how fishing has evolved over the decades.

Big Tusket Island

Arriving at Big Tusket Island, we walked around to explore the dock and the paths through the little village, and then he sat down and sang Acadian songs while we enjoyed some of their homemade seafood chowder.

The village is a slice of coastal heaven. It’s serene and when I visited in June, it was quiet, and it felt like a real escape from the everyday. The docks were piled high with hundreds of lobster traps, and we sat out on the LeBlanc’s deck eating the chowder as he sang.

While Big Tusket Island is certainly larger than a lot of the other, nearby islands, it’s still a fairly small area, and from the deck you can still feel the wind blowing off the ocean.

Some of the other docks around the island look worn and weathered, and they tell a story about the history of this place that’s a little disconnected from the rest of the world. The whole experience is a wonderful step away from your average tour.

Everywhere you look, there are workshops and well-made, modern shanties that show a lot of care and love. The fishing families that work and sometimes live here may not spend as much time on the island as their parents or grandparents, but they obviously still admire and respect the Tusket Islands and what they represent.

Climbing back aboard the John Herald, the trip back to Wedgeport took about 30 minutes, and along the way Simon sang a few songs.

Over the years I have had quite a few tours, but this was one of the most personal, enjoyable, and interesting tours that I’ve ever experienced. The brothers are fantastic hosts, they know so much about the history and culture, and it was the perfect length of time on the boat, and on the island.

The tour is a great day trip from Yarmouth, giving you enough time to enjoy all the details, and then fit in a few other activities and dinner back in Yarmouth.

Visit The GATE’s Nova Scotia travel section for more trip ideas , and watch for more stories on Yarmouth and the area. Watch the video above for highlights from this fantastic experience, and read on for tips about the tour.

Tusket Island Tours travel tips

Holding a giant lobster on Tusket Island Tours

Tours are offered when weather permits, so be sure to call ahead as they do avoid taking people out when it’s too windy or rainy. You can generally take the tour between mid-June and late-September, but check their website for more details and for current information .

Tours are $104 for adults, and $55 for youth under 18.

On the day of your trip, plan to bring a bottle of water, sunscreen, sunglasses, and an extra layer you can put on or take off, as it’s generally cooler on the water, and the weather can change quickly. If you’re prone to motion sickness, the boat is very stable, but you may want to consider taking non-drowsy anti-naseau medication.

Tusket Island Tours also offers sea fishing charters and private tours.

Tusket Island Tours 142 Jacquard Road, Wedgeport, B0W 2B0 Phone: 902-740-3590

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TUSKET ISLANDS TOUR

A not-so-typical tour.

We depart on the LeBlanc boys’ modern fishing boat in Wedgeport just a short 15 minute drive from Yarmouth. Here you will enter a historical adventure through the islands full of rich culture and history. You will learn how to haul a real lobster trap and see the process that an actual lobster fisherman would go through on a day to day basis. You will then stop on Big Tusket Island at the private floating dock of the LeBlanc brothers (All docks have ramps, there are no ladders involved). On Big Tusket Island you will visit the LeBlanc’s own private fishing shanty and workshops. You will be served fresh local seafood chowder made from a traditional recipe passed on to the boys through past generations. After being filled with delicious seafood you can enjoy live entertainment on the one hour sail back to the Wedgeport dock.

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Tusket Island Tours - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)

Players Championship first-round highlights: Best shot, key hole and the Island Green report

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Shot of the day

Ryan Fox of New Zealand ensured that there would be a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th at the Players Stadium Course for the fourth year in a row when he used a gap wedge from 124 yards to ace the Island Green. The ball landed, bounced once and rolled in. It was the 14th hole-in-one at No. 17 in Players history and the eighth in the last eight years.

Hole of the day

The par-5 11th hole was a nice early breather for players beginning their rounds at No. 10, and birdies were easy to come by. Eight of the 12 players tied for sixth or higher birdied it and there were fewer bogeys (six) than any hole on the course. The 11th averaged 4.489, the easiest on the course after the par-5 16th, with nine eagles, second to the 12 at No. 16. No other hole had more than two eagles.

Stat of the day

10: Rory McIlroy tied the record for the most birdies in one rounds at the Stadium Course, joining Patton Kizzire (2022), Cameron Smith (2022), Colt Knost (2016) and Justin Thomas (2015).

Island Time

With six players yet to finish No. 17, the hole averaged 3.087, seventh in difficulty on the course in the first round. With the front pin enabling players to land balls against the upper tier and feed them back to the lower shelf, there were only nine balls hit in the water, the lowest in the first round since six in 2016.

There were 23 birdies, 86 pars, 20 bogeys and seven double-bogeys.

There have now been 350 balls hit into the water at No. 17 in the first round since the Tour began keeping ShotLink statistics in 2003.

They said it

"You get up there, most of the crowd probably either wants you to make a 1 or hit it in the water, so I'm glad to be on the right side of it in that respect."

Ryan Fox on his hole-in-one at No. 17

"I like this type of grass, but I like the way that the golf course used to play in May, just because I could hit like this hard 2-iron, driving iron, never miss a fairway, but it would go forever ... But I definitely like the playability of this type of surface. I don't know. I go back and forth. I'll let you know at the end of the week."

2016 Players champion Jason Day on the difference in the Stadium Course between March and May

"I feel like I'm one of the most conscientious golfers out here, so if I feel like I've done something wrong, it'll play on my conscience for the rest of the tournament. I'm a big believer in karma, and if you do something wrong, I feel like it's going to come around and bite you at some point."

Rory McIlroy, on his insistence that he made a correct drop at No. 7

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Clayton Freeman writes that Ludvig Åberg got off to a good start on a bid to win the two area PGA Tour events, the RSM Classic on Sea Island, Ga., and The Players.

Adam Hadwin has his troubles at No. 18. As Cameron Jourdan of golfweek.com writes, Hadwin then fed the lake a club to go with two balls. And yes, there's video:

And predictably, the always-entertaining Jessica Hadwin had something to say about her husband on X:

Adam Schupak of golfweek.com breaks down the issue of Rory McIlroy's tee shot at No. 7.

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The tusket islands.

The Tusket Islands were discovered by Samuel De Champlain upon his exploration of the western world in 1605. He noted in his journals the many treacherous rock formations and ledges that have wreaked havoc on so many vessels that came after him. When lobster fishing became a way of life for the French Acadians of South West Nova Scotia they found it easier to live in small fishing shanties in the Tusket Islands due to the proximity to the fishing grounds. Before the implementation of combustible engines, fishermen had to row to the fishing grounds by hand in small dories to pull up their traps, also by hand. Because it was much easier to live directly in the Tusket Islands, small communities began to thrive as whole families were brought on to the many islands and lived there for many years.

To this day the Islands are scattered with summer cottages as well as active working fishing shanties, wharves and bait shacks. Lobster fishing is the biggest economical driver in South Western Nova Scotia and the Tusket Islands is like a porthole back in time to experience where it all began.

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