RV vacation in Eastern Canada
Jan 14th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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RV vacation in Eastern Canada
My sister is planning on visiting Eastern Canada this summer with her husband. They are going to drive their Class 1 RV (large RV)and are wondering if it is going to be difficult to find places to park and hook up.
Also, they would like suggesions on what Fodorites think are the most scenic spots in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland,and Prince Edward Island. They have visited Alaska before and loved it. Now they are retired and are taking advantage of their new freedom to take a long trip to the eastern shores of Canada.
They would appreciate any advice and encouragement you can give.
Also, they would like suggesions on what Fodorites think are the most scenic spots in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland,and Prince Edward Island. They have visited Alaska before and loved it. Now they are retired and are taking advantage of their new freedom to take a long trip to the eastern shores of Canada.
They would appreciate any advice and encouragement you can give.
Jan 15th, 2005, 11:00 AM
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I'll provide a little info sometime soon.
In the meantime, the NB or PEI thread has soem interesting information now.
Where is your sister coiming from? What's the "entrance" to the Maritimes? St. Lawrence River, Maine?
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In the meantime, the NB or PEI thread has soem interesting information now.
Where is your sister coiming from? What's the "entrance" to the Maritimes? St. Lawrence River, Maine?
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Jan 15th, 2005, 02:21 PM
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Try www.goRVing.ca for more information.
This organization has a big billboard on the side of my office building.
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This organization has a big billboard on the side of my office building.
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Jan 17th, 2005, 08:11 AM
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Dear BAK I am the sister and thank you for the website. It is great. We are coming form california and no plans that can't be changed. Probable will enter through Maine. We have no time- table. This is one of the joys of retirement. We will leave when we want which will probable be around the end of May of 05 and return when we decided to go home. Maybe 5-6months. Thank you again for the great website. EA
Jan 21st, 2005, 06:22 AM
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A few years ago a couple of full-time RVers with a website --roamingamerica.com -- went to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Their journal is packed with details, including information of specific interest to those travelling by RV.
Jan 21st, 2005, 06:29 PM
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janebell,
not sure if you continue to monitor this thread, but let me try my best for you.
New Brunswick: Hopewell Cape ("Flower pot rocks"
along the bay shore... It is fun to sit on the bleachers in downtown Moncton to watch the "Tidal Bore" send the river BACK upstream about three hours before every high tide. The huge new bridge over to Prince Edward Island is nice but beware the TOLL is at least $37 (not a typo - $37) which you pay once, only when LEAVING the Island
If I were driving from Maine to Nova Scotia I would drive on or near the shore of the Bay of Fundy most of the way.
If you go to PEI, you'll see "the most densely populated province in Canada" (which will make Californians laugh, because there aren't THAT many people anywhere)
There is a national park/beach on the north central coast of PEI that offers a pleasant natural setting. The whole island might be about 175 miles long from east to west, and if you're in the area as long as you say, you may as well circle the whole thing!
Nova Scotia offers striking scenery on the northern section of Cape Breton and I would definitely advise that you not travel when dense fog renders the viewing minimal. You have so much time that there is no need to miss the beauty there. (just do a full curcuit of the northern half of Nova Scotia)
When you get done with that, several days in Halifax would make sense. There is lots of history there and life happens at a pace that will be comforting to Californians.
Don't even think of leaving Nova Scotia without fully immersing yourself (figuratively) in the breathtaking TIDES there (the tide is so ferocious that all of the rivers in certain areas turn back and go UP stream when the tide comes in).
There is a great hike of 2 1/2 hours EACH WAY... to the end of "Cape Split", which is in the very middle of the Bay of Fundy.
Walking on the sandy beaches at LOW tide is potentially more interesting deep in the Bay of Fundy than anywhere else in North America.
During such a long trip you'll have plenty of time to stick around for six hour periods between low tide and high tide, just to watch the differences.
(Ocean-going vessels sit in the sand on the ocean floor at low tide, and you can walk out on the wet sand for hundreds of feet beyond them then. Then, six hours later, high tide finds those boats back in 12 to 40 feet of water, never having left the dock.)
I have never been to Newfoundland (YET!), but I suspect that the ferry ride there alone is as scenic as I'd ever need to know.
Hope this helps in some small way.
not sure if you continue to monitor this thread, but let me try my best for you.
New Brunswick: Hopewell Cape ("Flower pot rocks"
along the bay shore... It is fun to sit on the bleachers in downtown Moncton to watch the "Tidal Bore" send the river BACK upstream about three hours before every high tide. The huge new bridge over to Prince Edward Island is nice but beware the TOLL is at least $37 (not a typo - $37) which you pay once, only when LEAVING the IslandIf I were driving from Maine to Nova Scotia I would drive on or near the shore of the Bay of Fundy most of the way.
If you go to PEI, you'll see "the most densely populated province in Canada" (which will make Californians laugh, because there aren't THAT many people anywhere)
There is a national park/beach on the north central coast of PEI that offers a pleasant natural setting. The whole island might be about 175 miles long from east to west, and if you're in the area as long as you say, you may as well circle the whole thing!
Nova Scotia offers striking scenery on the northern section of Cape Breton and I would definitely advise that you not travel when dense fog renders the viewing minimal. You have so much time that there is no need to miss the beauty there. (just do a full curcuit of the northern half of Nova Scotia)
When you get done with that, several days in Halifax would make sense. There is lots of history there and life happens at a pace that will be comforting to Californians.
Don't even think of leaving Nova Scotia without fully immersing yourself (figuratively) in the breathtaking TIDES there (the tide is so ferocious that all of the rivers in certain areas turn back and go UP stream when the tide comes in).
There is a great hike of 2 1/2 hours EACH WAY... to the end of "Cape Split", which is in the very middle of the Bay of Fundy.
Walking on the sandy beaches at LOW tide is potentially more interesting deep in the Bay of Fundy than anywhere else in North America.
During such a long trip you'll have plenty of time to stick around for six hour periods between low tide and high tide, just to watch the differences.
(Ocean-going vessels sit in the sand on the ocean floor at low tide, and you can walk out on the wet sand for hundreds of feet beyond them then. Then, six hours later, high tide finds those boats back in 12 to 40 feet of water, never having left the dock.)
I have never been to Newfoundland (YET!), but I suspect that the ferry ride there alone is as scenic as I'd ever need to know.
Hope this helps in some small way.
Jan 27th, 2005, 10:51 AM
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Message to Sluggo,
Thank You for the website roaming America it is fabulous. It answered a lot of questions on costs and what to see. You were extremly helpful. Thank You EA
Message Northwestmale,
Thank you for your information I found it very helpful and it was very nice of you to respond to my questions. I am looking forward to seeing the Maritime Provinces. Thamk You EA
Thank You for the website roaming America it is fabulous. It answered a lot of questions on costs and what to see. You were extremly helpful. Thank You EA
Message Northwestmale,
Thank you for your information I found it very helpful and it was very nice of you to respond to my questions. I am looking forward to seeing the Maritime Provinces. Thamk You EA
Jan 27th, 2005, 02:08 PM
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http://www.rv.net/forum/
here's another great website. it is quite active so if you go on the question/answer forum, you'll get lots of advice. one campsite that i thought sounded interesting on nova scotia - ovenspark.com
here's another great website. it is quite active so if you go on the question/answer forum, you'll get lots of advice. one campsite that i thought sounded interesting on nova scotia - ovenspark.com
