Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Lonely Planet

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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander Halifax's waterfront, gorge on lobster and visit the home of Anne of Green Gables - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island: NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with Wi-Fi, ATM and transportation info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Sujets

• Nueva Escocia
• Nova Scotia
• Nouvelle-Écosse

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781788689717
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 46 Mo

Extrait

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Contents

PLAN YOUR TRIP

Welcome to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island’s Top 15
Need to Know
If You Like…
Month by Month
Itineraries
Outdoor Activities
Travel with Children
Eat & Drink Like a Local
Regions at a Glance

ON THE ROAD

NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax
Around Halifax
Dartmouth
Peggy’s Cove
South Shore
Chester
Mahone Bay
Lunenburg
Liverpool
Kejimkujik National Park
Shelburne
Acadian Shores
Yarmouth
French Shore
Annapolis Valley
Digby
Long Island & Brier Island
Annapolis Royal
Wolfville & Grand Pré
Central Nova Scotia
Parrsboro
Advocate Harbour
Sunrise Trail
Tatamagouche
Pictou
Antigonish
Cape Breton Island
Ceilidh Trail
Cabot Trail
Baddeck
Sydney & North Sydney
Eastern Shore
NEW BRUNSWICK
Fredericton
Upper St John River Valley
Mt Carleton Provincial Park & the Tobique Valley
Western Fundy Shore
St Stephen
St Andrews By-The-Sea
Fundy Isles
Deer Island
Campobello Island
Grand Manan Island
Saint John
Eastern Fundy Shore
St Martins
Fundy National Park
Alma
Southeastern New Brunswick
Moncton
Sackville
Northumberland Shore
Shediac
Bouctouche
Kouchibouguac National Park
Northeastern New Brunswick
Caraquet
Bathurst
Campbellton
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Charlottetown
Eastern Prince Edward Island
Wood Islands
Montague & Georgetown
Souris & Around
St Peter’s Bay to Mt Stewart
Central Prince Edward Island
Victoria
Prince Edward Island National Park
Brackley Beach
Rustico & North Rustico
New Glasgow
New London
Kensington
Cavendish
Western Prince Edward Island
Summerside
Tyne Valley
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
St John’s
Avalon Peninsula
Southeastern Avalon Peninsula
Baccalieu Trail
Cape Shore
Eastern Newfoundland
Trinity
Bonavista
Burin Peninsula
St-Pierre & Miquelon
Central Newfoundland
Gander
Twillingate Island & New World Island
Fogo Island & Change Islands
Central South Coast
New-Wes-Valley
Northern Peninsula
Gros Morne National Park
Port au Choix
L’Anse aux Meadows & Around
St Anthony
Western Newfoundland
Corner Brook
Blomidon Mountains
Port au Port Peninsula
Port aux Basques
Cape Ray
South Coast
Killick Coast
Labrador
Labrador Straits
Central Labrador
Labrador West

UNDERSTAND

Understand Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island Today
History
Maritimes Music
Atlantic Canadian Art
Landscapes & Wildlife

Survival Guide

Directory A–Z
Accessible Travel
Accommodations
Customs Regulations
Discount Cards
Electricity
Embassies & Consulates
Food
Health
Insurance
Internet Access
Legal Matters
LGBTIQ+ Travelers
Maps
Money
Opening Hours
Post
Public Holidays
Safe Travel
Telephone
Time
Tourist Information
Visas
Volunteering
Women Travelers
Work
Transportation
Getting There & Away
Entering the Region
Air
Land
Sea
Getting Around
Air
Bicycle
Boat
Bus
Car & Motorcycle
Hitchhiking
Local Transportation
Train
Language
Behind the Scenes
Our Writers
Welcome to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Home to Canada’s craggiest coastline, loneliest lighthouses and fiercest tides, this is a land where you can feel the full force of nature at work.

Coastal Splendor
The Maritime provinces bear the brunt of the Atlantic’s might. Pounded and battered by relentless swells, this part of Canada has been profoundly shaped by the sea: geologically, historically and temperamentally. Whether it’s hiking along a lonely beach to a remote candy-striped lighthouse, braving the whitewater of the Shubenacadie River, watching sapphire-blue icebergs floating past the Newfoundland coast or watching the astonishing ascent and fall of the Fundy tides, it’s a place where the salt-tang of the sea will never be far from your nostrils.

Kaleidoscope Cultures
Several contradictory cultures have shaped this part of Canada. Squabbled over for centuries by the English and French, visited for generations by fishermen from Iceland and Scandinavia, and settled by all manner of folk from the Scottish Highlands to French Acadia, it’s a place that’s soaked up all these influences, sculpting them into the uniquely warm, welcoming, down-to-earth and open-hearted character for which the Maritimes are known. But there’s another, much older culture that mustn’t be overlooked: First Nations people were kayaking the rivers, fishing the coastline and walking the trails long before Europeans arrived.

Thar She Blows!
There are few places on the planet better for whale-watching than Atlantic Canada. From June to October these leviathans of the deep cruise into the plankton-rich waters off Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, allowing an unparalleled opportunity to get up close and watch them in their natural environment. Few experiences are as exhilarating as buzzing along in a little Zodiac, pursuing a distant spout of spray – then watching in awe as the whale breaches, crashing back into the sea in an explosion of foaming water.

Ocean Feast
Whether it’s a perfectly pan-fried scallop, a sumptuous lobster dinner or a simple bowl of chowder, sampling the region’s incredible seafood bounty is an undisputed highlight of any visit to the Maritimes. Crustaceans (lobster, crab, shrimp) and bivalves (scallops, mussels, oysters) are a staple feature on practically every menu, but it’s up to you how you eat them: down-and-dirty in a seaside fishermen’s shack, upscale in a high-class seafooderie or elbow-to-elbow with the locals at a traditional lobster supper (paper bibs, claw-crackers and meat-picks provided).

Humpback whale breaching off the coast of Labrador | GILLES MARTIN/GAMMA-RAPHO VIA GETTY IMAGES ©

Why I Love Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island
By Oliver Berry, Writer
I first visited Atlantic Canada as a backpacker in my early twenties, and there’s one image from that trip that’s imprinted onto my brain: riding a Zodiac boat off the coast of Cape Breton, and watching a humpback whale breach out of the water before slamming back down into the Atlantic. I’ve since traveled pretty much the whole way round the Maritimes, but that image still encapsulates the place for me: wild, surprising and elemental.
For more, see our writers .
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island’s Top 15

Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Circuitous roads traverse forested ridgelines and dramatic coastal cliffs where eagles soar, whales spout in the distance and moose amble by the roadside. Tackle this national park as a one- to three-day trip, but make sure you buckle your boots at least once to explore trails that pass by pristine streams, waterfalls and abundant wildflowers to ever-more stunning vistas. On the coast, paddle a kayak or take a tour to look for minke whales, seabirds and seals. Half the fun is getting there.

Bull moose | SCOTT BLACKBURN/GETTY IMAGES ©

Top Experiences
Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy is home to the highest tides in the world. Boats look hopelessly beached on mud flats and piers look ridiculously lofty at low tide. Then, when 1 billion tonnes of water flow back into the bay, boats bob up to 15m above where they were six hours earlier – it’s surreal. Get right into the tidal action by rafting the tidal bore, or relax with a whale-watching cruise, on which you might see blue whales, minke or the rare fin whale.

Fishing vessels at low tide | CWORTHY/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

Top Experiences
The Viking Trail
The Viking Trail , aka Rte 430, connects Newfoundland’s two World Heritage sites on the northern peninsula. Gros Morne National Park, with its fjordlike lakes and geological oddities, rests at its base, while the sublime, 1000-year-old Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows (pictured) – Leif Erikson’s pad – stares out from the peninsula’s tip. The road is an attraction in its own right, holding close to the sea as it heads resolutely north past the ancient burial grounds of Port au Choix and the ferry jump-off to Labrador.

GNAGEL/GETTY IMAGES ©

Top Experiences
Charlottetown & Green Gables
Base yourself in postcard-perfect Charlottetown . From here it takes less than an hour to reach the real-life sites that provided the backdrop to the Anne of Green Gables books, loved by children around the world. You’ll find Anne all over Prince Edward Island: in gift shops, as countless pretty redheads dressed as our heroine, among antiques and old-time memorabilia, and in places that understandably inspired names such as the ‘Lake of Shining Waters’ and ‘White Way of Delight.’

Beaconsfield Historic House | BENEDEK/GETTY IMAGES ©

Top Experiences
Scottish & Acadian Music
Long cold winters have been endured for centuries with the help of lively fiddle playing and dancing. Call it a ceilidh, kitchen party or concert, but don’t miss the chance to experience something that brings joy to much of this part of the world. Listen to bagpipes or watch young fiddle virtuosos play while the oldies get up and step dance. Music is practiced indoors all winter to be let loose to party in summer at community halls, pubs, parks and festivals. Listen in at the legendary Red Shoe Pub on the Ceilidh Trail.

HENRYK SADURA/GETTY IMAGES ©

Top Experiences
Floating Iceberg Alley
They shimmer from white to electric blue as they float down the grey-black Atlantic. It’s a wonder that these icebergs have broken away from their Greenland home to create such a show, but even more amazing is that some of the ice is more than 15,000 years old. While icebergs have been floating around here for centuries, they are doing so at an ever-increasing rate. For an unusual treat, cool down a summer drink with the world’s most anci