has anyone ever been there, what is it like?
is it a worthy vacation location?
I once asked the same question of a native of Nova Scotia whom I met in a doctor's waiting room.has anyone ever been there, what is it like?
is it a worthy vacation location?
absolutely a beautiful place not to be missed.has anyone ever been there, what is it like?
is it a worthy vacation location?
absolutely a beautiful place not to be missed.
Populated in 1600 by fur traders--they called it Port Royal. about 1757 occupied by British they deported the population in ships to the 4 winds some sunk with men women and children, some made it to Georgia where they were enslaved and some made it to New Orleans
and you have Cajuns. French populated it and most were Catholic---the Colonials were not--except Maryland--who took in some of those deported The event was much worse than the Poem of Evangline would make one think.
Fertile land, historic sites, beautiful old buildings mixed with the new. A airline flight crashed there with many Americans in cncluding my cousins daughter...
Yes the 7 year war ended in 1763 (abt) Quebec and Fort Royal was occupied before that---Commodore Winslow British-was in charge of deportations.
Nova Scotia is still on my list although I think PEI has moved above them. Years ago I had reservations at the Keltick Lodge for a week of golf. I got a phone call two days before the trip and my job diverted me to some sweaty place in Central America.
My 5th degree paternal great grandfather and grandmother were founders of the Town of Lunenburg in 1753 when NS was being settled by the British. They advertised in European newspapers for colonists after the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, when France ceded to the British all its rights to the NS peninsula (part of Acadia), among other Canadian lands. My paternal ancestors were from the Palitinate in SW Germany. Lunenburg was settled mostly by Germans and some French Huguenots from the Montbeliard region of France. Lunenburg is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's about 60 miles south of Halifax.
I highly recommend a NS vacation. We've done it twice. The locals refer to Halifax as a smaller version of Boston. The Cabot Trail and Cape Breton Island in general are likely the most scenic areas on the entire North Atlantic coastline. The only downside is be prepared for a lot of rain and fog at times, even in the middle of summer.
When I went, I felt as if I was in the Pacific Northwest at times, with the rain and fog on the Cabot Trail. But the south part of NS made up for it....loved the Lunenberg area and the people (as noted in my earlier post). Fine folks!
It's north. Never go north for vacation. That's not vacation that's punishment.
Had a co-worker from there and a co-worker who moved there. They both say it's beautiful and a wonderful place.
Party in Canada! We'll be there!Some years ago... I received a Nova Scotia Travel Guide book in the mail. looking through it I thought that it was a beautiful place and would make a nice place to go for a honeymoon. Well Im still not married..... and if Im still single at 50..... it would be a nice place to go for my 50th birthday