There's LOTS to do on a rainy night in Nova Scotia...

Yes, they do give tours of the mine in Springhill. It's absolutely amazing. when you go down into the mine and then they turn off all the lights in the tunnel, you can't even see your hand held in front of your face. It's totally fascinating and frightening all at the same time. The tour guides are excellent.

As to what you can do in Nova Scotia, there is the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, in Canso, on July 3-5, 1998. I was down there for the "First Annual" last year. words can't do it justice... There's also the Buskers' Festival in Halifax in August, and there's the Old-Time Fiddling Contest (late summer, I think), and the Celtic Colours Music Fest in October, and of course at Louisbourg and at Sherbrooke Village Restoration, there's always some sort of music or drama going on. Halifax has a lively jazz scene, and in the summer, downtown Halifax has a goodly share of street performers, especially along Spring Garden.

Wow, don't I sound like a tourist ad for my home province?????? Well, NS Tourism would love me! Of course I used to work for them...