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Atlantic Canada - Waterfront Life, Whale Watching and a Different Holiday Experience

For the twin pleasures of bustling,Great George Street and the restored and
international cities and miles ofbustling waterfront. It is also the
breathtaking unspoilt countryside, thegateway to the rest of Price Edward
Atlantic side of Canada is the place toIsland, which includes the superb PEI
visit. Known as the Maritime Provinces,National Park with its sand dunes,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island andsandstone cliffs, forests, salt marshes
New Brunswick are an excellent focus forand some excellent beaches.
a coastal adventure peppered with funNew Brunswick
night life and the chance to get upOnwards from Price Edward Island to New
close to the natural habitat of rareBrunswick is an experience in itself,
bird and animal species. Halifax andvia the 8-mile Confederation Bridge.
Nova ScotiaHere you can visit the Arcadian villages
A tour might usefully start in Halifax,of Boutouche and Le Pays de Sagouine,
Nova Scotia (5.5 hours flying time fromthis latter being a lively village with
the UK). Halifax is a lively city with atheatre, music, comedy and live
deep connection to the UK as a formedentertainment all geared to the unique
British dependency. You can visitArcadian culture. You might also want to
Citadel Hill with its 19th-centurytry catching your own lobster and
star-shaped fort (a National Historicenjoying a fine seafood dinner on board
Site of Canada), the Public Gardens, thea specially-organised cruise.
fascinating harbour front with itsOther New Brunswick towns to visit are
military heritage. You might also visitMonckton and of course Fredericton, the
Fairview Cemetery, where over 100 peoplecapital, both with plenty of themed
who died on the doomed liner Titanichistory re-creating the life and times
have found their resting place. Theof the early settlers.
waterfront also has numerous traditionalSt John and the Bay of Fundy
pubs offering local ales and GaelicAfter Fredericton you might travel to St
tunes, a reminder of course, that theseJohn and the Bay of Fundy, with its
parts were first settled by Scottishconcentration of over 20 species of
Highlanders - hence the name "Newwhale including Minkes, Finbacks,
Scotland" - Nova Scotia.Humpbacks and the rare Right Whale.
Halifax is also the base for a tour toCruises operate to ensure you have every
one of the most photographed locations nchance to see these magnificent
Canada, Peggy's Cove, which iscreatures.
overlooked by Canada's only light houseSaint John itself has its own charm,
which has a post office.with easy style and plenty of good
Cape Breton Islandrestaurants with local specialities
After Halifax, a trip to Cape Bretonincluding fiddleheads (violin-shaped
Island, said to be one of the earliestferns that grow along the riverbanks),
European settlements in North America,tarte au sucre (a Brayonnne sugar pie)
can be followed by a stay in Baddeck.or poutine (grated raw and mashed
Baddeck has the Museum dedicated topotatoes wrapped around fresh pork). It
former summer resident and famoushas the Old City Market and the
inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Baddeckfascinating "Reversing Falls" where
also gives you the base for the Cabotwater flows backwards due to the force
Trail, a circular tour on a highwayof incoming tides.
carved high into the mountains, takingThe route back to Halifax, takes you via
in Cape Breton National Park and severalHopewell Rocks, where you can see the
traditional village where Scottishworld's highest tides which can rise to
customs are still the norm.an amazing 50 metres.
Prince Edward IslandThere is a great deal to discover in
Travelling from Nova Scotia to Princethis region of Canada - easily managed
Edward Island is by ferry from Caribouby self drive car hire and local tours,
to Charlottetwon across the Northumbriabut equally lending itself to a 14 or 18
Strait. Historic Charlottetown is whereday coach tour for those who prefer to
the Union of Canada was discussed andleave the driving and planning to
ratified in 1864, and is the island'sothers.
capital. The city also has the colourful



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