page_title: Flying Bluenose
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Flying Bluenose / Route
caption_attribution_description: The 'Flying Bluenose' crossing the Dominion Atlantic Railway bridge over the Bear River, Annapolis Basin (N.S.)
context_page_description: The Flying Bluenose was a Canadian luxury passenger train operated by the Dominion Atlantic Railway between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1891 to 1936. It was a boat train scheduled to connect with passenger steamships to Boston and ran only during the summer months.
context_section_description: The Flying Bluenose ran through Nova Scotia's scenic Annapolis Valley offering many fine views of the Annapolis Basin, Minas Basin and Cape Blomidon. It crossed several large tidal rivers. The train connected to fast passenger steamers at Yarmouth but also the DAR ferries at Digby to Saint John, New Brunswick such as SS Princess Helene and the MV Kipawo ferry at Wolfville. In Halifax, it connected to ocean liners of various lines as well as the transcontinental trains of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada and later Canadian National Railway trains such as the Ocean Limited.
caption: The Flying Bluenose crossing a Dominion Atlantic Railway bridge in 1906.
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