1. Atlantic Canada Legacy of the Sea Chapter 1

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3. 3 How Travellers Get There Car Air  YSJ, YHZ, YYT, YQY, YQM, YFC, YYG Rail – VIA Cruises Escorted motorcoach tours.

4. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 4 When to Go High season  Summer Shoulder season  May, June & September  October – fall foliage

5. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 5 Getting Around Car Motorcoach Ferries Rail – limited Bus – Greyhound & Acadian

6. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 6 The Atlantic Provinces offer…. Hospitality History Culture Dramatic Scenery Seafood Camping, fishing & hunting

7. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 7 Important Places Maritime Provinces  Nova Scotia  New Brunswick  Prince Edward Island  Newfoundland & Labrador

8. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 8 Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy  Highest tidal bore Cabot Trail  Cape Breton Island National Parks  Cape Breton Highlands

9. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 9 Nova Scotia – Historic Sites Fortress of Louisbourg  Living museum Port Royal  Fort Anne Grand Pre’ Alexander Graham Bell museum

10. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 10 Nova Scotia Peggy’s Cove  Post office  Memorial Lunenburg  UNESCO world Heritage site  Fisheries museum

11. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 11 Halifax Pier 21 Halifax Citadel www.parkscanada.gc.ca www.parkscanada.gc.ca Maritime Museum of the Atlantic - maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca Province House www.gov.ns.ca/legislature www.gov.ns.ca/legislature Bluenose II Alexander Keith’s Casino

12. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 12 New Brunswick Bay of Fundy  Hopewell Rocks Saint John  Moosehead  Reversing Falls Fredericton  Beaverbrook Art Gallery Moncton  Magnetic Hill

13. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 13 New Brunswick (cont.) Kings Landing 70 historic buildings Living museum Acadian Historical Village http://collections.ic.gc.ca/canadiana Portrays the lives of the Acadians between 1770 and 1890. St. Andrews  Algonquin Hotel Fairmont

14. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 14 Prince Edward Island Red soil, beaches, golf, potatoes Confederation Bridge

15. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 15 Prince Edward Island (cont.) Charlottetown www.visitcharlottetown.com www.visitcharlottetown.com  Province House  Birthplace of Canada  Founders Hall  Centre of the Arts Charlottetown Festival Cavendish  Anne of Green Gables

16. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 16 Newfoundland St John’s www.stjohns.ca www.stjohns.ca  Water Street  George Street  Signal Hill National Historic Site  Torbay Avalon Peninsula  Whale watching

17. Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited 17 Newfoundland (cont.) Iceberg Alley Gros Morne National Park www.greatcanadianparks.com/nfoundland/gmornnp/index.htm L’Anse aux Meadows www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_e.asp St Pierre & Miquelon  French islands www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com