Nova Scotia Rendez-vous 2017: Ports announced for tall-ship regatta

Tall ships will visit 10 communities around Nova Scotia next summer, the provincial government has announced.

Nova Scotia is hosting the Rendez-vous 2017 tall ship regatta. Between late June and mid August that year, the ships will stop in the following ports:

- Lunenburg.

- Pictou.

- Sydney.

- St. Peter's.

- Louisbourg.

- Pugwash.

- Port Hawkesbury.

- Halifax.

- Shelburne.

- Digby.

There will also be an evening sailpast in the Annapolis Basin.

The summer-long event is in honour of the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It will include stops in Quebec, Ontario and elsewhere in the Maritimes. The Bluenose II is expected to participate.

Nova Scotia's government is spending $1.5 million on the event, which is expected to bring in thousands of tourists.

CBC is a sponsor of the Tall Ships Festival to be held in Halifax from July 28 to Aug. 2, 2017.