Nova Scotia Provincial Park -- Boylston

Visitor Notices: There are no visitor notices at this time.

Park Info:
Located between the communities of Boylston and Guysborough (town), the park is an ideal place to camp while touring the Eastern Shore.

The wooded hilltop campground offers a spectacular view of Guysborough Harbour and features an interpretive display that relates the strange and improbable journey of the Zeno Narrative.

Facilities and Services

The camping park is open June 19 until September 14 (for the 2009 season) offering a 35 site wooded campground, and picnic area. The picnic area is open until mid October. The campground has water outlets and a trailer dump station.

Zeno Narrative
The Zeno Narrative is a medieval chronicle that tells of an epic voyage undertaken in the year 1398. A man identified as Henry Sinclair, the Earl of Orkney, left his island home north of Scotland and journeyed west to lands unknown. The narrow steep sided harbour described in the story sounds a lot like Guysborough Harbour and the people who greeted him could have been Mi'kmaq.

No one will ever be sure if Henry Sinclair discovered Nova Scotia a century before John Cabot, but it makes a compelling story. The wooden prow shaped monument relates the story in English, French and Mi'kmaq.

Camping reservations can be made beginning April 2, 2009. See Reservations for details and conditions.

Programs and Events in Boylston Provincial Park

Nearby Attractions

• Port Shoreham Beach Provincial Park
• Old Court House Museum, Guysborough
• Grassy Island National Historic Site, Canso
• Canso Museum: Whitman House, Canso

For more information on these and other attractions, please consult the Nova Scotia Doers and Dreamers Guide or visit one of the many Visitor Information Centres.

How to Find Us
Located about 3 km north of Guysborough on Route 16.

If you require information about the park, please Contact Us.