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50 towns and resorts which are centres for regattas and races. The broken coast of Nova Scotia and harbours on the Bay de Chaleur and Gulf of St. Lawrence offer admirable havens for yachting tourists.

Halifax has a half dozen boat clubs whose headquarters are on the North West Arm, among them the North West Arm Rowing Club and the Waegwoltic Country and Boating Club. The latter's house quarters occupy a converted mansion situated among the birches of a splendid estate on Coburg Road. Strangers staying at the principal hotels of Halifax and its suburbs are granted cards of admission to the pavilions and grounds. The privileges of the Saraguay and Mic-Mac Country Clubs are also extended to visitors properly accredited. All the aquatic clubs of Halifax and Dartmouth have frequent regattas during the summer, and open-air band concerts on summer evenings. The Royal Nova Scotia Club's Saturday races from the squadron, near Point Pleasant Park, are among the most agreeable features of Haligonian outdoor life.

Regatta Week at Chester and Sydney is an annual event important to yachtsmen.

The Rowing course near Riverside on the Kennebecasis River, not far north of St. John, has been the scene of famous international contests.

Surf bathing is excellent at numerous beaches along the extensive coast of Nova Scotia and New