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Welcome to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island . . . . . . . . . . 4Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island Map . . . . . . .6Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island’s Top 10 . . .8Need to Know . . . . . . . . . .16If You Like… . . . . . . . . . . . .18Month by Month . . . . . . . .21Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Outdoor Activities . . . . . 28Travel with Children . . . . 34Regions at a Glance . . . . .37

Pomquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Cape.George. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Cape Breton Island . . . . 87Port.Hastings.&..Port.Hawkesbury. . . . . . . . . 87Cabot.Trail.&.Cape.Breton.Highlands.National.Park. . . .88Bras.d’Or.Lake.&.Around. . . 94North.Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Sydney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Glace.Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Louisbourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . 98Guysborough . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Canso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Sherbrooke. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Taylor.Head..Provincial.Park. . . . . . . . . . . 100Tangier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Charlotte.Lake.to.Jedore. . . 101

NEW BRUNSWICK . . .102Fredericton . . . . . . . . . . 105Hartland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Mt.Carleton.Provincial..Park.&.the.Tobique.Valley. . . 112Grand.Falls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 114St.Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115St.Andrews.by-the-Sea. . . 115New.River..Provincial.Park. . . . . . . . . . . 119Fundy Isles . . . . . . . . . . . .119Deer.Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Campobello.Island. . . . . . . 120Grand.Manan.Island . . . . . 122Saint John . . . . . . . . . . . 124St.Martins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Fundy.National.Park . . . . . 130Alma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Cape.Enrage.&..Mary’s.Point . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Hopewell.Rocks . . . . . . . . . 132Moncton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Sackville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

NOVA SCOTIA . . . . . . 40Halifax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Dartmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Eastern.Shore.Beaches. . . . 56Sambro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Peggy’s.Cove. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56South Shore . . . . . . . . . . 57Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Mahone.Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Lunenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Liverpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Kejimkujik.National.Park. . . .63Shelburne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Yarmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Annapolis Valley & French Shore . . . . . . . . . . 67Cape.St.Mary.to..Meteghan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Church.Point.to..St.Bernard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Digby.Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Digby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Bear.River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Annapolis.Royal . . . . . . . . . . 71Kentville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Wolfville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Grand.Pré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Windsor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Shubenacadie. . . . . . . . . . . . 77Maitland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Truro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Economy.to.Five.Islands. . . 79Parrsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Cape.d’Or. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Joggins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Amherst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Sunrise Trail . . . . . . . . . . 82Wallace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Wentworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Tatamagouche . . . . . . . . . . . 83Pictou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84New.Glasgow. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Antigonish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Contents

Northumberland Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Cape.Jourimain . . . . . . . . . 136Shediac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Bouctouche. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Kouchibouguac..National.Park . . . . . . . . . . . 138Miramichi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Miramichi.River.Valley. . . . 140Caraquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Campbellton. . . . . . . . . . . . 142

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . 143Charlottetown . . . . . . . . 147Orwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Point.Prim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Wood.Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . 154Murray.River.&.Around. . . 154Panmure.Island . . . . . . . . . 154Montague.&.Around . . . . . 155Georgetown. . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Souris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156St.Peter’s.to.Mt.Stewart. . . 157Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Prince.Edward.Island..National.Park . . . . . . . . . . . 158Dalvay.by.the.Sea .. .. .. .. .. .. ..159Brackley.Beach. . . . . . . . . . 159Rustico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160New.Glasgow. . . . . . . . . . . . 161St.Ann .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..162North.Rustico. . . . . . . . . . . 162Cavendish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163New.London.&..Park.Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Kensington.&.Around . . . . 165Summerside. . . . . . . . . . . . 165Région.Évangéline. . . . . . . 167Tyne.Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Lennox.Island. . . . . . . . . . . 168Tignish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168North.Cape. . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

West.Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR . . . . . . . 169St John’s . . . . . . . . . . . . .172Avalon Peninsula . . . . . 184Conception.Bay . . . . . . . . . 186Trinity.Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Cape.Shore. . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Trinity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Bonavista. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Burin.Peninsula . . . . . . . . . 191St-Pierre & Miquelon . . 192Terra.Nova..National.Park . . . . . . . . . . . 195Gander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Twillingate.Island.&..New.World.Island. . . . . . . . 196Fogo.Island.&..Change.Islands. . . . . . . . . . 198Grand.Falls-Windsor .. .. .. .. ..199Deer.Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200Gros.Morne..National.Park . . . . . . . . . . .200Port.au.Choix . . . . . . . . . . .204St.Barbe.to.L’anse.Aux.Meadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205St.Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . .206Corner.Brook . . . . . . . . . . .208Port.aux.Basques. . . . . . . . 211Labrador . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Nova Scotia, New

Brunswick & Prince Edward Island Today . . 224History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Maritimes Music . . . . . . 233

Atlantic Canadian Art . . . 237

Food & Drink . . . . . . . . . .241

Landscape & Wildlife . . . 247

Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . 254

Transportation . . . . . . . 266

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . 287

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SPECIAL FEATURES

Outdoor Activities . . . . . 28

Travel with Children . . . 34

Atlantic Canadian Art . . . . . . . . 237

Landscape & Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Language . . . . . . . . . . . 273

UNDERSTAND

SURVIVAL GUIDE

Plan Your Trip

Whale Watching The region’s most precious gift to visitors is whale watching. The thrill of spot-ting a whale’s spout followed by its giant tail flukes arching and descending is unbeatable.

More than 22 species of whale and por-poise lurk offshore throughout Atlantic Canada, drawn to the rich fishy feeding waters. The standout species include the leaping and diving humpback whale, the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale and the largest leviathan of all, the mighty blue whale.

Whale-watch boat operators are ubiq-uitous and will bring you close to the creatures. Popular tour areas include Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s Cabot Trail coastline, especially around Pleasant Bay.

The most common sightings here are humpback, minke and pilot whales. In New Brunswick, there is excellent whale watching along the eastern Fundy Shore and around the Fundy Isles; right whales and blue whales are viewable. Newfound-land pretty much has whales swimming all around its shores, with humpback and minke commonly seen; tour operators cluster around Witless Bay Ecological Re-serve and Twillingate.

Some tours get you closer to the ac-tion in Zodiacs while other tours are conducted on big, relatively comfortable ferry-like motorboats. Look for smaller tours such as Ocean Explorations Whale

Cruises (p 69 ) on Digby Neck, which are led by marine biologists. Many tours focus on more than just whales and will take you to see seals, puffins or other seabirds as well.

Standard trips last about two hours and cost around $55 to $80 per adult. The sighting success rate is often posted and you should ask if there’s any sort of money-back guarantee if you do not see whales. Remember, you’re heading out on open sea for many of these tours, so be prepared for a wavy ride. If you’re at all prone to seasickness, medicate beforehand. It’s also cold out there, so take a jacket or sweater. The season varies by location but usually is in July and August.

And while whale-watch tours are great, never underestimate what you can see from shore, especially from places such as Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail and throughout Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. Seeing the faraway spout of a whale from a cliff top while a bald eagle soars overhead is a true Maritime experience.

Kayaking & Canoeing Atlantic Canada is chock-full of possibili-ties to get out on the water, be it a lazy canoe trip or a battle with rolling white water. Sea kayaking has exploded here, with myriad places to paddle. A unique activity in the region is tidal-bore rafting, where you harness the blasting force of the famous Fundy tides.

National and provincial parks are excel-lent places to start if you’ve never dipped an oar. Maps and equipment rentals are usually available from the park informa-tion centers, where the staff can also give route recommendations.

Canoeing doesn’t have the cachet of sea kayaking in the region, but there are still some lovely opportunities. The sport is best suited to inland lakes and rivers, so it’s no shocker that Kejimkujik National Park ranks high on the list. It’s a good place to paddle into the backcountry and camp. In New Brunswick, canoeing in untouched, moose- and bear-trodden Mt Carleton Provincial Park is sweet, while those who wish to remain closer to city life can push off from Fredericton and paddle through the Saint John River. Canoeing in Newfoundland centers on the region’s Terra Nova National Park (p 195 ).

On the Water Best Places to Whale Watch Twillingate Island, Newfoundland

Digby Neck, Nova Scotia

Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick

Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland

Best Paddling Locations Eastern and south shores, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Fundy Isles, New Brunswick

Eastern Fundy shore, New Brunswick

Cartwright, Labrador

Witless Bay, Newfoundland

North Rustico, Prince Edward Island

Outdoor Activities

Atlantic Canada does a good job of harnessing its cliff y, marine-mammaled terrain for outdoor adventures. Visitors can now get out in the sun (or rain or fog) to hike, kayak, whale watch or even surf. The season is short for most activities (May to October in a good year), but you’ll nd plenty of tour operators eager to help. It’s also easy to arrange independent adventures.

SEA KAYAKING

If there’s any one activity that is Atlantic Canada’s specialty, it’s sea kayaking. It’s everywhere; it’s absolutely the best way to see the remarkable coastlines and you’ll often be kayaking alongside whales, seals and a huge amount of bird life.

Most companies cater to beginners, so no need to feel unworthy if you’ve never kayaked before. Conversely, advanced paddlers can rent crafts and head out on their own. It can be very rough out there due to volatile weather, high winds and strong currents, so know your limits. The Canadian government publishes an excel-lent resource titled Sea Kayaking Safety Guide, available via download from Trans-port Canada (www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/menu.htm). It details each province’s weather and kayaking terrain, and also provides trip-planning tips.

Trips range from paddling around icebergs in Newfoundland to navigating pro-tected inlets ringed by forest on uninhabited isles along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. If you’re a beginner the best place to start are calm waters where your boat won’t get jostled around by waves or currents. Some companies make multiday trips, including camping in places you couldn’t get to otherwise.

TYING KNOTS

Unleash your inner sailor (or sher or rock climber) by learning to tie a half hitch, bowline and others with Knots and Splices (2006) by Cyrus Day and Colin Jarman. Also helpful for bud-ding escape artists.

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Soak up some music and culture in Halifax (p44) then travel to nearby Peggy’s Cove (p56). Jostle for position to snap the most photographed lighthouse in the world, or have a more subdued experience picnicking in equally pretty Prospect (p57). Don’t forget your sunscreen in Mahone Bay (p58), where the sun shines on great craft shopping and sea kayaking. Move on slightly south to Lunenburg (p60), a World Heritage site known for its colorful boxy buildings and Bluenose schooner where you could easily wander for a day or two. The Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct (p64) provides miles of unspoiled white beaches (and maybe seals), while its big brother Kejimkujik National Park (p63) lies inland and is a prime place to float a canoe and drift through the woods. Cross the prov-ince to Annapolis Royal (p71) to stay at a heritage bed and breakfast, explore its fort by day and graveyard by night. The next day visit the wineries around Wolfville (p74) and the Grand Pré National Historic site (p75), before stopping to down a meal at a fine restaurant. Lastly explore the Fundy coast by hiking around Scots Bay (p74) or go to Maitland (p77) to get right in and raft the tidal bore.

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Spend a couple of days in Halifax (p44) enjoying lively bars and a nonstop music scene, then hit the road up the Atlantic Coast. Stop for a chilly surf at Lawrencetown Beach (p56) or a hike through pine forest to a spectacular white-sand beach at Taylor Head Provincial Park (p100). Visit the historical village at Sherbrooke (p100) then either cut up Hwy 7 for a shortcut to Cape Breton Island or, with an extra day or two, continue on the coast to the sheltered picture-perfect hamlet of Guysborough (p99). Just after arriving on Cape Breton from the causeway, veer left toward Hwy 30 and stop in at one of the many ceilidh music gatherings along this route. Hook up with the Cabot Trail, at Chéticamp (p89), a deeply Acadian town. Next you can watch whales or chant with monks at the Tibetan monastery in Pleasant Bay (p91), and look for moose and nesting bald eagles in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (p90). Get your art fix at the studios along the St Ann’s Loop (p93) before heading over to Baddeck (p94) to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Alexander Graham Bell at the town’s fabulous museum. From here take a jaunt east to Louisbourg (p97) to visit the massive, windy restored French Fort complete with costumed thespians and activities to bring you back to the 18th century. Stop at the Miner’s Museum in Glace Bay (p97)before arriving in industrial North Sydney for the ferry to Newfoundland.

It’s a six-hour sail over the sometimes rough swell of the Cabot Strait to Port aux Basques (p211). Alight and drive north to Gros Morne National Park (p200), rich with mountain hikes, sea-kayak tours, fjords and weird rock formations. Take the Viking Trail from here to its awe-inspiring endpoint: L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (p205), North America’s first settlement. Leif Eriksson and his Viking pals homesteaded the place 1000 years ago, and it probably looked much the same then as it does now. Af-ter coming all this way, you too will feel like an Atlantic explorer.

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Now it’s time to change provinces. Drive across the border to Nova Scotia and down to Joggins (p82) to see the Unesco World Heritage fossil cliffs. Continue along driftwood-strewn Chignecto Bay to stop for lunch in Advocate Harbour (p81), then move onto Parrsboro (p80) to look for semiprecious stones on the beach and stay the night. Enjoy the views of the Cobequid Bay tides, which can change up to a foot per minute, until you reach Maitland (p77) where you can get into inflatable dinghies for an exhilarating rafting adventure on the tidal bore. Get your hiking boots on again around Scots Bay (p74) where you’ll be rewarded with some of the best views of the tides on this entire route. Reward your physical exertion with a day and night in Digby (p70) where you can dine on succulent scallops and explore Digby Neck (p69), home to the region’s most spectacular whale watching and even more hiking trails. From Digby, take the car ferry back to Saint John, New Brunswick, to complete the loop.

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Eat and drink your way through Halifax (p44), then take the car ferry to Wood Islands (p154), Prince Edward Island (PEI). Spend your first day in Canada’s cutest prov-ince exploring the east; stop at Rossignol Estate Winery (p154), quirky distilleries and stroll on gorgeous Basin Head Beach (p156). Dine in St Peter’s (p157) before basing yourself in Charlottetown (p147) for the next few days as you explore the cen-tral part of the province. Learn about Anne of Green Gables in Cavendish (p163), gorge on lobster in New Glasgow (p161), oysters in Malpeque (p165) and enjoy Charlotte-town itself by dining at Lot 30.

Spend a night or two in Summerside (p165) to explore western PEI with a drive up the scenic west coast through Acadian villages to lighthouse vistas. Gape at the giant windmills of North Cape (p168) be-fore looping back on the east coast, stopping to learn about Mi’kmaq culture on lovely Lennox Island (p168).

Take the Confederation Bridge (p147) to drive back to Halifax via the wine region around Tatamagouche (p83) or head down the Fundy Coast to Parrsboro (p80)as described in the Bay of Fundy Tidal Tour.

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Celeste BrashCoordinating Author, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island Trading Dungeness crab for lobster was no hardship on this, Celeste’s fourth grand tour of the Maritimes. Over the years she’s rafted the Fundy tidal bore, watched eagles nest, got stuck in a ‘moose jam,’ and climbed more lighthouses than she can count and yet, these provinces come up with new surprises on each visit. Celeste has written around 50 Lonely Planet guides. Find out more about

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