Canada travel stories

1996 Travel Diary (Part 2)

On 9th July, after exploring Japan for almost 2 months, I caught a direct flight across the Pacific to Vancouver in Canada. I was a little sad to be leaving Asia, but now I had the Americas to expl...

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Fundy Coast of Nova Scotia

Our trip to the west coast of Nova Scotia (along the Bay of Fundy) was originally going to be centered around Acadian history. After a few looks at the Bay of Fundy we had to add a few stops (and m...

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Halifax and the south coast

The town of Lunenburg a little ways south of Halifax is probably the quintessential fishing village of Atlantic Canada (1). Founded as a British colony, it was actually made up of Swiss, German and...

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Prince Edward Island

We approached Prince Edward Island along the Confederations Bridge from New Brunswick. The island is a low sprawling place which is generally quite rural. Charlottetown is the only major town on th...

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Cape Breton National Park

Cape Breton is technically an island encompassing the northern reaches of Nova Scotia. It is reached by crossing the narrow Canso Causeway. The island itself is full of large inlets and major lakes...

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