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Eastern Canadian Provinces suggestions please

grampscamper
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We're in the planning stages of our next RV trip. We will be leaving Toronto travelling to the east coast including Newfoundland. We will return through the U.S. Any suggestions of places to see & campgrounds would be greatly appreciated. We will be towing a 32' 5th wheel. We mostly enjoy scenery and wildlife.
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grampscamper
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Little Kopit wrote:
How much time do you have?

Newfoundland. Anything less than 3 weeks is one awful tease. & you can consider going via Labrador and the North Shore of the St. Lawrence too. There is a recent thread on rving via Labrador. Also check my signature pics.

QC, historic Quebec City, Forillion National Park....

NB going: Acadian Historic Villiage (living History), Hartland longest covered bridge, either way: Fundy tides and parks,

NS going: 5 islands Provincial Park, Farmer's Daugther store in Whycocomagh, drive Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Meat Cove..

Cross over North Sydney to Port aux Basques, Codroy Valley, Corner Brook, one week for Gros Morne National Park includihg hiking, boat tours, 2 visitors centres, Cow Head Theatre, esp Tempting Providence, Northern Peninsula especially Viking sites and St. Anthony. Go up NP one way, come down another. Meander across the island to St. John's - Lots of selections. While on east. Bird Sancturary Cape St. Mary's

Come back to Port aux Basques for return. Consider Red Indian Lake and Burgeo en route.

Like I said, minimum of 3 weeks for NL.

Return NS. Fortress of Louisbourg, living history, Historic Halifax, boat Bluenose II reconstruction, historic Yarmouth,

Take ferry Caribou to PEI, Orwell Corner Village historic Village including animals, historic Charlottetown, Charlottetown Farmers Market Saturday morning. New Glasgow Lobster Suppers, Buffaloland Provincial Park, Brudenell CG, Mill River CG.& more.

You pay when you leave PEI, not when you come. Bridge costs less.

Go via Saint John and do Saint John City Market. Might be better to do Fundy going. Take ferry to Grand Manan Island*. You might want to do ferry to Deer Island then Campobello Island with International Bridge to Lubec, ME. Or you can go via St. Andrews to St. Stephen and some interesting coastal cruising via Route 1. Lots like Bar Harbour


*There is a current thread on Grand Manan

The interstate highway and Highway 9 are boring. More interesting, IMHO is Bangor, Skowegan, Island Pond, QC. Of course you miss Mount Washington that way.....

Sites which are one off or only ones like that for planet: Gros Morne National Park, Bay of Fundy has the highest tides on the planet, L'Anse aux Meadows Viking Village is only one for the continent

:B

Great info. Thank you. I've been to Quebec City a couple of times. Once in the winter, again in the summer. Great place to visit but will skip this trip. Looks like we will skip Newfoundland this time too. Not enough time this trip.

Thanks everyone.
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Little_Kopit
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How much time do you have?

Newfoundland. Anything less than 3 weeks is one awful tease. & you can consider going via Labrador and the North Shore of the St. Lawrence too. There is a recent thread on rving via Labrador. Also check my signature pics.

QC, historic Quebec City, Forillion National Park....

NB going: Acadian Historic Villiage (living History), Hartland longest covered bridge, either way: Fundy tides and parks,

NS going: 5 islands Provincial Park, Farmer's Daugther store in Whycocomagh, drive Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Meat Cove..

Cross over North Sydney to Port aux Basques, Codroy Valley, Corner Brook, one week for Gros Morne National Park includihg hiking, boat tours, 2 visitors centres, Cow Head Theatre, esp Tempting Providence, Northern Peninsula especially Viking sites and St. Anthony. Go up NP one way, come down another. Meander across the island to St. John's - Lots of selections. While on east. Bird Sancturary Cape St. Mary's

Come back to Port aux Basques for return. Consider Red Indian Lake and Burgeo en route.

Like I said, minimum of 3 weeks for NL.

Return NS. Fortress of Louisbourg, living history, Historic Halifax, boat Bluenose II reconstruction, historic Yarmouth,

Take ferry Caribou to PEI, Orwell Corner Village historic Village including animals, historic Charlottetown, Charlottetown Farmers Market Saturday morning. New Glasgow Lobster Suppers, Buffaloland Provincial Park, Brudenell CG, Mill River CG.& more.

You pay when you leave PEI, not when you come. Bridge costs less.

Go via Saint John and do Saint John City Market. Might be better to do Fundy going. Take ferry to Grand Manan Island*. You might want to do ferry to Deer Island then Campobello Island with International Bridge to Lubec, ME. Or you can go via St. Andrews to St. Stephen and some interesting coastal cruising via Route 1. Lots like Bar Harbour


*There is a current thread on Grand Manan

The interstate highway and Highway 9 are boring. More interesting, IMHO is Bangor, Skowegan, Island Pond, QC. Of course you miss Mount Washington that way.....

Sites which are one off or only ones like that for planet: Gros Morne National Park, Bay of Fundy has the highest tides on the planet, L'Anse aux Meadows Viking Village is only one for the continent

:B
& I, I took the road less travelled by.

My Photo Album, featuring Labrador 2006

grampscamper
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NCWriter wrote:
How much time will you have? I'd recommend allowing a lot for Newfoundland. It's a big island and you probably know ferry costs a bundle to get there and back. Worth it! A special place. We spent three weeks there last year and covered a lot of ground. Already thinking about when we'll head back up.

All told, we spent two months - to visit Maine's coast, the NB coast, PEI, Nova Scotia (Halifax and Cape Breton Island) and Newfoundland. Kept busy, glad we had that many weeks.

Planning 3-4 week trip so we may skip Newfoundland this time. Now we're starting to plan it, it looks like it may be too much. Unfortunately we may have to do Newfoundland another time. It looks like Newfoundland would require more time than we have now.
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dieharder
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A great, quiet place to stay in PEI was Lane's Cottages in Montague. Right beside the Confederation trail and the marina. there were a few level concrete pads with FHU when we were there a couple of years ago, and they still have the RV sites listed on their website.
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NCWriter
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How much time will you have? I'd recommend allowing a lot for Newfoundland. It's a big island and you probably know ferry costs a bundle to get there and back. Worth it! A special place. We spent three weeks there last year and covered a lot of ground. Already thinking about when we'll head back up.

All told, we spent two months - to visit Maine's coast, the NB coast, PEI, Nova Scotia (Halifax and Cape Breton Island) and Newfoundland. Kept busy, glad we had that many weeks.

grampscamper
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accsys wrote:
You can see what we did and where we stayed in 2010 on our blog. The Canadian portion starts here in St John, NB.


Very helpful. Thank you
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crabbin_cabin
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There is a separate forum for RVing in Canada!

accsys
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You can see what we did and where we stayed in 2010 on our blog. The Canadian portion starts here in St John, NB.
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