Amherst

1,126 km from Montréal
9,404 people (2021)
18 m above sea level

The first town in Nova Scotia, on the Chignecto Isthmus, with Victorian mansions and murals downtown. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs are a short drive away.

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Joggins Fossil Cliffs

nature · day-trip

UNESCO World Heritage Site of coal-age fossils in the cliffs of the Bay of Fundy.