Recreation and Tourism
Truro:::Colchester offers excellent golfing, curling, aquatics, and even flying and sea-kayaking. We’re also known for our equestrian facilities. Want something more extreme? Go wreck diving, hand gliding, rock climbing or river-rafting – all just minutes away.
For every interest we have a group, club or organization; from archery and bridge to pottery and volleyball. We have an active branch of virtually every major service club.
Track fans can choose harness racing or the hi-octane thrills of formula and stock car action. Nearby there’s the Northumberland Strait’s warm saltwater beaches in summer and the Wentworth Valley’s exciting downhill action every winter.Our great outdoors includes a variety of golf clubs, and miles of natural trails and an urban network of public parklands linking local communities to the great Trans Canada Trail.
Climate and Seasons
Central Nova Scotia is on the same latitude as Paris and Ottawa. Yet, thanks to the Atlantic Ocean’s gulf stream bringing warm water north from the Gulf of Mexico, we offer milder winters than you’d expect.
While parts of Atlantic Canada are known for fog, inland locations and Colchester’s Northumberland Shore have no greater fog frequency than Southern Ontario and Quebec.
Average daytime winter temperature: from -1 to +6 Celsius (30 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit)
Average summer daytime temperature: from 24 to 29 degrees Celsius (75 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit)
Summer nights are often cool enough for a light sweater. Central air conditioning a nice feature, but, with the exception of summer’s warmest weeks, is not a necessity.
Winter nights create the need for a wood stove or a gas or oil-burning furnace. Electrical heating is also quite common.
Winter snows can be enough to make us a skier’s dream come true, but don’t count on the snow to stick around all winter. Spring is the wettest time of year, with summers and autumn the driest seasons.
Things of Interest
Festivals
Truro:::Colchester offers a diverse range of festivals for the whole family to enjoy.
Blueberry Festival
Events include live music, theatre, art exhibits, dances, farmers markets, teas, community suppers, pancake breakfasts, baking competitions, bake sales, quilt sales, pie eating contests, a 10km race, golf tournaments, a blueberry mash, exhibitions and more!!!
Oktoberfest in Tatamagouche
The largest Oktoberfest east of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario , takes place on the last weekend in September, each year with over 3,000 partygoers traveling to Tatamagouche, to attend the North Shore Bavarian Society Oktoberfest.
Dutch Mason Blues Festival
Shopping
With Truro at its heart, Truro:::Colchester boasts some of the best shopping, dining and nightlife outside Halifax. But when you really need to get away, just a half-hour drive sits the Stanfield International Airport and the world beyond. Communities outside the Truro-Bible Hill urban core offer unique shopping experiences. Communities such as Stewiacke and Tatamagouche host their own Main Street shopping districts. While charming country villages like Great Village, Bass River, Debert, Economy, Five Islands, Masstown, Denmark and Brookfield offer unique antique shops, furniture stores, bakeries, fish and farm markets and more often than not, a few special surprises.
Downtown Truro Shopping District
View a directory of shops in Truro’s downtown shopping district. Truro Mall Truro Mall is a modern enclosed facility with more than 65 stores and services. Learn more: http://www.truromall.ca/