Fifteen narrated stops in the town at the head of Cobequid Bay: the viewing deck where the Fundy tide arrives as a visible wave and drives the Salmon River backwards, the downtown of the 'Hub of Nova Scotia' with its elm-carving sculpture trail, and Victoria Park — a thousand-acre gorge in the middle of town with Joseph Howe Falls, Waddell Falls, and the 175 steps of Jacob's Ladder. The Mi'kmaw name Wagobagitk — 'the bay runs far up' — and the Acadian village erased in 1755 anchor the story.
Every stop traces back to primary archaeological and heritage records. Not AI-generated guesses. Here's how each narration gets built.
Each stop pulls from OpenStreetMap · 11 features in this old town (the open mapping database used by Apple Maps and Tesla), Wikidata · 18 cross-referenced entries (the peer-reviewed structured-data project), the heritage authority below, and primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against the verified sources above. Anything that can't be supported gets cut.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
The bore arrives as a single wave and refills the red mudbanks in under an hour — eagles fish the churn behind it.
A thousand acres of hemlock gorge donated to the town — waterfalls, lookoffs, and stone steps.
The park's signature fall, named for the great Nova Scotian reformer.
175 wooden steps straight up the gorge wall.
The county's memory: Mi'kmaw, Acadian, Planter, and railway Truro under one roof.
When Dutch elm disease took the town's canopy, carvers turned the trunks into public art.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 15 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each stop has its own narration — tide science, town history, and the park's gorge.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
From the river deck to the falls: the full sweep of the Hub Town.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~40 minutes total, but you walk at your own pace. 15 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Your access lasts 30 days from purchase, so revisit as often as you like.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.