Nova Scotia’s Fox Harb’r Resort Expands Its Golf Offering
The Ocean Course is step one of a major plan for the resort.
Fox Harb’r Resort in Nova Scotia has unveiled its newest golf course, the first stage of a wider plan to develop two distinct 18-hole courses on Canada’s Atlantic coast.
The newly opened Ocean Course comprises a brand new nine and a revamp of nine existing holes on the property. Overseen by Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom, in a collaboration between two of Canada’s top golf course architects (the pair are responsible for more than 10 courses each on lists of Canada’s best), the Ocean is part of a renewed investment to coincide with the resort’s 25th anniversary.
Like the name of the province where it sits, the new course looks to Scotland. The Ocean Course has been designed to resemble a links course, with holes along Northumberland Strait providing sweeping ocean views.
The Ocean Course will not, of course, be a traditional links, but a bigger, brawnier modern links with wider fairways and all the amenities expected for resort play in 2025. “The Ocean Course will unfold like a journey, building anticipation from inland terrain to commanding coastal vistas,” Carrick says. “By the time golfers reach the elevated fifth tee, they are met with a spectacular panorama of the Northumberland Strait and Prince Edward Island—one of the course’s most awe-inspiring reveals.”
The 17th hole, a long, sweeping dogleg left along the ocean, is a prime example of the course’s marriage of Scottish links inspiration and vast North American landscape. The hole is low to the ground, with a natural-looking fairway that follows the existing curve of the coastline but also pops with vibrant green that would be less common across the Atlantic. Unburdened by the constraints of space, the fairway is wide and generous.
The Ocean Course will be followed in 2027 by a separate 18-hole course, the Vineyard, as part of an overall investment into Fox Harb’r that has also seen the addition of a new spa. “The Ocean Course is a major step forward for both our resort and the province,” says Kevin Toth, the president of Fox Harb’r Resort. “It’s a showcase of our region’s coastal beauty and a testament to our commitment to creating extraordinary golf and travel experiences in Canada.”
For Canadian golfers, these developments add another layer to an already compelling province for golf. Nova Scotia is home to three of the top-10-rated courses in Canada, and with another course at Fox Harb’r, the possibilities to golf your way around the province keep growing.
