Trip IdeasFodor's Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada, 10th Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Atlantic Canada!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Atlantic Canada.
Experience Atlantic Canada like a local! Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada includes choices for every traveler, from traveling coastal cliffs on stunning scenic drives, to chowing down at a lobster boil, to spotting majestic whales, drifting icebergs, or nesting puffins.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Atlantic Canada!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Atlantic Canada.
Experience Atlantic Canada like a local! Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada includes choices for every traveler, from traveling coastal cliffs on stunning scenic drives, to chowing down at a lobster boil, to spotting majestic whales, drifting icebergs, or nesting puffins.
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
What’s Where ............ 6
Province Picker ............ 7
Quintessential Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada ............ 8
If You Like ............ 10
When to Go ............ 13
Chapter 1: Nova Scotia ............ 15
Halifax & Dartmouth ............ 21
South Shore & Annapolis Valley ............ 37
The Eastern Shore & Northern Nova Scotia ............ 62
Cape Breton Island ............ 80
Chapter 2: New Brunswick ............ 103
Saint John ............ 110
The Fundy Coast ............ 119
The Acadian Coast & St. John River Valley ............ 138
St. John River Valley ............ 149
Fredericton ............ 152
Chapter 3: Prince Edward Island ............ 163
Charlottetown ............ 168
Blue Heron Drive ............ 181
Points East Coastal Drive ............ 193
North Cape Coastal Drive ............ 200
Chapter 4: New foundland & Labrador ............ 211
St. John’s, Newfoundland ............ 217
Avalon Peninsula ............ 233
Eastern Newfoundland ............ 241
Gander & Around ............ 249
Western Newfoundland ............ 253
Labrador ............ 266
Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada Essentials ............ 275
Getting Started ............ 276
Booking Your Trip ............ 279
Transportation ............ 289
On The Ground ............ 294
Understanding Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada ............ 301
Close Ups
Nova Scotia’s Local Flavors ............ 40
A Good Walk ............ 112
Acadian Culture ............ 142
A Good Walk ............ 171
Enjoying Shellfish ............ 177
Who is Anne, anyway? ............ 186
A Good Walk ............ 220
Newfoundland English ............ 230
Maps
Atlantic Canada ............ 12
Halifax & Dartmouth ............ 23
South Shore & Annapolis Valley ............ 39
Eastern Shore & Northern Nova Scotia ............ 63
Cape Breton Island ............ 81
Downtown Saint John ............ 111
The Fundy Coast ............ 120
Fundy National Park ............ 131
The Acadian Coast & St. John River Valley ............ 139
Fredericton ............ 153
Charlottetown ............ 172
Blue Heron Drive ............ 182
Points East Coastal Drive ............ 194
North Cape Coastal Drive ............ 200
St. John’s ............ 219
Avalon Peninsula ............ 234
Eastern Newfoundland & Gander ............ 242
Western Newfoundland ............ 254
Labrador ............ 266
What’s Where ............ 6
Province Picker ............ 7
Quintessential Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada ............ 8
If You Like ............ 10
When to Go ............ 13
Chapter 1: Nova Scotia ............ 15
Halifax & Dartmouth ............ 21
South Shore & Annapolis Valley ............ 37
The Eastern Shore & Northern Nova Scotia ............ 62
Cape Breton Island ............ 80
Chapter 2: New Brunswick ............ 103
Saint John ............ 110
The Fundy Coast ............ 119
The Acadian Coast & St. John River Valley ............ 138
St. John River Valley ............ 149
Fredericton ............ 152
Chapter 3: Prince Edward Island ............ 163
Charlottetown ............ 168
Blue Heron Drive ............ 181
Points East Coastal Drive ............ 193
North Cape Coastal Drive ............ 200
Chapter 4: New foundland & Labrador ............ 211
St. John’s, Newfoundland ............ 217
Avalon Peninsula ............ 233
Eastern Newfoundland ............ 241
Gander & Around ............ 249
Western Newfoundland ............ 253
Labrador ............ 266
Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada Essentials ............ 275
Getting Started ............ 276
Booking Your Trip ............ 279
Transportation ............ 289
On The Ground ............ 294
Understanding Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada ............ 301
Close Ups
Nova Scotia’s Local Flavors ............ 40
A Good Walk ............ 112
Acadian Culture ............ 142
A Good Walk ............ 171
Enjoying Shellfish ............ 177
Who is Anne, anyway? ............ 186
A Good Walk ............ 220
Newfoundland English ............ 230
Maps
Atlantic Canada ............ 12
Halifax & Dartmouth ............ 23
South Shore & Annapolis Valley ............ 39
Eastern Shore & Northern Nova Scotia ............ 63
Cape Breton Island ............ 81
Downtown Saint John ............ 111
The Fundy Coast ............ 120
Fundy National Park ............ 131
The Acadian Coast & St. John River Valley ............ 139
Fredericton ............ 153
Charlottetown ............ 172
Blue Heron Drive ............ 182
Points East Coastal Drive ............ 194
North Cape Coastal Drive ............ 200
St. John’s ............ 219
Avalon Peninsula ............ 234
Eastern Newfoundland & Gander ............ 242
Western Newfoundland ............ 254
Labrador ............ 266
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