Chocolate River Yarns & Fibres
Region: Lunenburg Region
Chocolate River Yarns & Fibres is a bricks & mortar store located in Upper LaHave, NS on the Lighthouse Route, only 7 minutes from Bridgewater and close to Lunenburg and Mahone Bay. We’re 10 minutes from the LaHave Ferry on the east side of the River.
They are Canada’s largest retailer of Henry’s Attic Yarns and offer an extensive range of undyed, natural yarns, spinning and weaving fibres and alpaca batts.
Their stock of hand dyed and painted yarns, felting fibres, pre-felts & batts are sourced in Canada. They also stock some of the larger brand names that you see featured in Vogue Knitting and Interweave magazines, such as Sugar Bush, Ancient Arts, Kelbourne Woolens, BCGarn and Rowan.
Canadian hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind buttons and shawl pins are a must for that special project and they have them, from Nature’s Wonders in Ontario!
Civic Address: 6466 Highway 332 Upper LaHave
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Blue Hog Gallery
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Blue Rocks
Location: Lunenburg Region
A small village about a six minute drive from the Town of Lunenburg. The little community of Blue Rocks is advertised as “Lunenburg’s answer to Peggy’s Cove”. Still a working fishing village with blue slate rocks on the edge of the ocean making it an artisan and photographers muse. The fish shack sitting in the water is the most photographed building in the county.
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Gaff Point
Location: Lunenburg Region
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Kingsburg Beach
Location: Lunenburg Region
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LaHave River Berry Farm
Location: Lunenburg Region
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Miller Point Peace Park
Location: Dayspring & Area
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Second Peninsula Provincial Park
Location: Lunenburg Region
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Located between Mahone Bay and Lunenburg,
Civic address: 781 Second Peninsula Road, Second Peninsula.
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Boulangerie La Vendeenne
Location: Lunenburg Region
Quality Ingredients, Slow Fermented And Artisanal Craftsmanship. Baking The Way Nature Intended Us To Do. We love baking and delighting our customers. Our day starts when your ends, and we bake through the night to deliver fresh, crusty bread and buttery pastries for the next day. The way our customers react to the smell of our freshly baked products, and always coming for more is both humbling and satisfying. For us, baking with love is much more than a slogan! We take great care…
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Location: Lunenburg Region
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Civic Address: 487 Upper Branch Road Upper Branch NS
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Best Western Bridgewater Hotel & Convention Centre
Location: Lunenburg Region
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Location: Lunenburg Region
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Location: Lunenburg Region
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Perfect Petite Rivière
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