Fort Point Museum

There are few wedding settings where the water seems to surround you quite like Fort Point.

The museum sits at the mouth of the LaHave River on a grassy point bordered by water on three sides, with views stretching upriver, toward the ocean and across the LaHave Islands.

Couples can hold their celebration across the grounds, using the outdoor stage and surrounding parkland for a ceremony beneath the open sky.

Imagine everyone gathering beside the water.

The vows begin.

The river moves quietly nearby.

Then guests start celebrating while the newlyweds remain outside for photographs with the shoreline around them.

For more intimate gatherings, the museum also has an indoor community room welcoming approximately 60 guests, along with a kitchen and small bar.

There is history here too, with the site connected to some of the earliest chapters of Acadian history in Canada.

For couples who love Nova Scotia's coast and would choose ocean air over ballroom chandeliers, Fort Point Museum offers something wonderfully simple.

Water on almost every side and one new story beginning beside it.

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