Canadian Maritimes Travel
We will be traveling to the Atlantic Provinces this summer. Am looking for recent book or guides that will help us plan that journey with our truck camper. Any suggestions?
Forum Discussion
A) What do you call what.
The Maritimes = those provinces in Canada in the 19th c. PEI, NB, NS.
Atlantic Canada = Above 3 plus Newfoundland and Labrador. Joey wanted that term & Newfoundlanders hear what you say.
B) In www.google.ca search "Name of Province & tourism", get each one's visitors guides & a provincial map. Both will give you info. you wouldn't get else where. I like to call to ask for these, then I can raise my special interests and get extra little booklets on these.
C)Roads poorly marked. Ahem, lots and lots of roads in USA are badly marked, to me who is used to different systems or spacing of signs. Each province and each state is different. Ask at ye olde gas station. &Remember, as for the Eastern Seaboard, these areas were settled by Europeans in sizeable #s from 1600 on. If you think the roads are an ambling cow path, well, maybe they were/are. I can pick out buildings originating in the 1700s and 1800s.
D) GPS not updated. GPS ain't updated fast in no rural area. Just the metropolitan ones. True for all of planet Earth, than one. Again, people are best help.
E) My suggestions
- Grand Manan, NB
- Saint John City Market, NB
- Charlottetown Farmers Market, Saturdays
- New Glasgow Lobster Suppers, PEI
- Festival of Small Halls, PEI, June
- Historic Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John's
- Festival re. Stan Rogers, Cape Breton
- Fortress Louisbourg, NS
- Gros Morne National Park, NL has Cabot Trail, NS beat by about 1,000x.
- Cape St. Mary's Bird Sanctuary, NL
- L'Anse aux Meadows, NL
F) Listen and watch local media. That way you will know there is an Atlantic Time Zone and a Newfoundland Time Zone. Think catching ferries.
:C
The Maritimes = those provinces in Canada in the 19th c. PEI, NB, NS.
Atlantic Canada = Above 3 plus Newfoundland and Labrador. Joey wanted that term & Newfoundlanders hear what you say.
B) In www.google.ca search "Name of Province & tourism", get each one's visitors guides & a provincial map. Both will give you info. you wouldn't get else where. I like to call to ask for these, then I can raise my special interests and get extra little booklets on these.
C)Roads poorly marked. Ahem, lots and lots of roads in USA are badly marked, to me who is used to different systems or spacing of signs. Each province and each state is different. Ask at ye olde gas station. &Remember, as for the Eastern Seaboard, these areas were settled by Europeans in sizeable #s from 1600 on. If you think the roads are an ambling cow path, well, maybe they were/are. I can pick out buildings originating in the 1700s and 1800s.
D) GPS not updated. GPS ain't updated fast in no rural area. Just the metropolitan ones. True for all of planet Earth, than one. Again, people are best help.
E) My suggestions
- Grand Manan, NB
- Saint John City Market, NB
- Charlottetown Farmers Market, Saturdays
- New Glasgow Lobster Suppers, PEI
- Festival of Small Halls, PEI, June
- Historic Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John's
- Festival re. Stan Rogers, Cape Breton
- Fortress Louisbourg, NS
- Gros Morne National Park, NL has Cabot Trail, NS beat by about 1,000x.
- Cape St. Mary's Bird Sanctuary, NL
- L'Anse aux Meadows, NL
F) Listen and watch local media. That way you will know there is an Atlantic Time Zone and a Newfoundland Time Zone. Think catching ferries.
:C
