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Atlantic CanadaLegacy of the Sea
Chapter 1
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How Travellers Get There
Car Air
YSJ, YHZ, YYT, YQY, YQM, YFC, YYG
Rail – VIA Cruises Escorted motorcoach tours
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When to Go
High season Summer
Shoulder season May, June & September October – fall foliage
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Getting Around
Car Motorcoach Ferries Rail – limited Bus – Greyhound & Acadian
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The Atlantic Provinces offer…. Hospitality History Culture Dramatic Scenery Seafood Camping, fishing & hunting
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Important Places
Maritime Provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Newfoundland & Labrador
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Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy Highest tidal bore
Cabot Trail Cape Breton Island
National Parks Cape Breton Highlands
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Nova Scotia – Historic Sites
Fortress of Louisbourg Living museum
Port Royal Fort Anne
Grand Pre’ Alexander Graham Bell museum
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Nova Scotia
Peggy’s Cove Post office Memorial
Lunenburg UNESCO world Heritage site Fisheries museum
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Halifax
Pier 21 Halifax Citadel
www.parkscanada.gc.ca Maritime Museum of
the Atlantic - maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca
Province House www.gov.ns.ca/legislature
Bluenose II Alexander Keith’s Casino
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New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy Hopewell Rocks
Saint John Moosehead Reversing Falls
Fredericton Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Moncton Magnetic Hill
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New Brunswick (cont.)
Kings Landing 70 historic buildings Living museum
Acadian Historical Village http://collections.ic.gc.ca/canadiana Portrays the lives of the Acadians between 1770 and 1890.
St. Andrews Algonquin Hotel
Fairmont
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Prince Edward Island
Red soil, beaches, golf, potatoes
Confederation Bridge
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Prince Edward Island (cont.)
Charlottetown www.visitcharlottetown.com
Province House Birthplace of Canada
Founders Hall Centre of the Arts
Charlottetown Festival
Cavendish Anne of Green Gables
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Newfoundland St John’s www.stjohns.ca
Water Street George Street Signal Hill National Historic Site Torbay
Avalon Peninsula Whale watching
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Newfoundland (cont.)
Iceberg Alley Gros Morne National Park
www.greatcanadianparks.com/nfoundland/gmornnp/index.htm
L’Anse aux Meadows www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_e.asp
St Pierre & Miquelon French islands
www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com
