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Sandy Lane
Vacation Rentals
135 Water St
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
B0T 1W0 Canada

tel: 1 902 875 2729
toll-free: 1 800 646 1577
[email protected]
www.sandylanevacations.com

Guest Testimonials

Fantastic holiday house

Sanderling Beach House is perfect, just as it is described. It's furnished and equipped to a very high standard and has everything you could need, a real home from home (except this home sits on the very edge of the perfect beach!). I can't recommend this beach house highly enough, we had a great time.

Barns696

Paris, France, 2015

What an amazing little Shangrila in the Port Joli Basin. Thank you for a wonderful holiday. We were awestruck with the picture postcard perfect scenery in and around Port Joli. What a bonus to have a fully stocked kitchen and library and a deck to take in the sounds of the ocean. We also witnessed the majestic bald eagle soar over head; truly unforgetable. We'll be sure to tell our family and friends back home what a great place the Francis Louis House is.

G. and S. Demers

AB, 2010

This was our first visit to Nova Scotia and Castaway Ocean Lodge. It went beyond our wildest dreams! Our first morning we saw a whale in the bay which made it more special. We used the kayaks and boat; did some walking and it was just Fab! We shall be back again 1 week just isn't long enough. We recommend going whale watching at riverton; in Zodiac. We saw a right whale, which was just excellant! Thanks

The Smiths

Arkona, ON, and Yorkshire, England, 2010

We had a wonderful time at the cottage and in Shelburne! The only bad thing is to leave! We can't wait to come back.

S. Boisvert

Montreal, QC, 2008

About Us

It is very important for us at Sandy Lane Vacation Rentals, that you, our guests, have a wonderful vacation in Nova Scotia and that your stay at any one of our ocean rentals or holiday cottages by the sea is as pleasant as possible. We truly believe that our weekly and monthly vacation rentals and seaside cottages are among the great places to stay in Nova Scotia. As "South Shore Specialists" in where to stay in Atlantic Canada, we encourage you to ask for suggestions on things to see and do during your visit. We want your stay to be a long and happy one!

For additional information on booking procedures, rates or help planning your next seaside vacation, please do not hesitate to call us toll free at 1-800-646-1577 or locally at 1-902-875-2729 or e-mail us at: [email protected].

John Foss and Helen Potgieter

Helen Potgieter, John Foss, Sandy Lane Vacation Rentals, Cottages, for rent.

Holiday travel has always been an important part of John and Helen's lives. John's early childhood was spent traveling across Canada. Eventually, he settled in Ottawa, and graduated from Algonquin College with a diploma in Marketing and Business Administration.

Helen was born in South Africa. At the age of 2 her family moved to the England and then at 12 on to Canada. After completing her BFA at Ottawa University, she moved to Toronto to take her Bachelor of Education.

In August 1990 - 4 days before moving to the Dominican Republic, they were married. There, Helen established the "Sosua Private School" and John worked as a PADI Dive Master. After two years of tropical living, they returned to Canada. And, started planning their next trip ... nine months around Europe in an ex-Dutch Army camper van appropriately named "The General". After another short stint at home, they set off again... to Thailand for 7 months.

In 1995, after five years of almost non-stop traveling, they traded in their backpacks and cameras for briefcases and grip gear. Helen worked as a Training Manager for a design firm in Toronto, while John slaved as a Grip in the film industry. Tired of the Toronto lifestyle, they moved to Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 2000 where they opened The Millstones Bed and Breakfast.

Entrepreneurs at heart, Helen and John have spent the past 20+ years in the tourism industry - as tourists and now as owner/operators of Sandy Lane Vacation Rentals. They love Atlantic Canada and love Nova Scotia! It is their hope that when considering a place to stay in Nova Scotia that you look to Sandy Lane for fine holiday accommodation by the sea!