Nova Scotia Route 1

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Evangeline TraiL

Part of the Glooscap trial to Wolfville

Route 1 in Nova Scotia (also called and marked as the Evangeline Trail (from Mount Uniacke[1]) runs from Bedford to Yarmouth via the Annapolis Valley. The route runs parallel to (and in some places has been replaced by) Highway 101, which bypasses all towns where Route 1 is the main street. The highway is 323 kilometres (201 miles) long.

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In the Halifax Regional Municipality, Route 1 starts in Bedford at the intersection of Rocky Lake Road and the Bedford Highway on Highway 2, .It is known as Sackville Drive, and is the main street through the community of Sackville. The road continues northwest through Mount Uniacke to Windsor, where it meets the Avon River. Route 1 follows the west bank of the river through Hantsport. At Avonport, Route 1 turns west through the Annapolis Valley, following the south bank of the Cornwallis River through Wolfville, New Minas and Kentville.

Bypassing the town of Berwick to the south, Route 1 meets the Annapolis River at Aylesford, and runs along the river's north bank through Kingston, Middleton, Lawrencetown and Bridgetown. The road crosses the Annapolis River at Annapolis Royal, and runs along the southern coast of the Annapolis Basin through Upper Clements and the former site of CFB Cornwallis.

Route 1 joins up with Highway 101 at Deep Brook to cross the Bear River, then splits apart to loop through the village of Smiths Cove, across from the town of Digby. Route 1 joins up at the western end of this loop, with Highway 101 assuming Route 1's former alignment along St. Mary's Bay. A new controlled-access segment of Highway 101 is proposed for this area; and it is assumed Route 1 will be re-signed along this stretch if completed.

At Weymouth, Route 1 re-appears, and continues south along the coast through the Municipality of Clare to its end in downtown Yarmouth on Main Street at the ferry terminal to Bar Harbour Maine where it meets the Highway 3 .