Posts in Category: Canada
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Grand Manan Island – Eight Reasons to Visit
It took me far longer than it should have to finally visit Grand Manan island, the largest of New Brunswick’s Fundy Isles. What Alison and I found there was an off the beaten path destination that has something to offer for almost everyone. Here in no particular order other than the first are eight reasons […]
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Grand Manan Museum – A Small Town Treasure
This is my third post from the wonderful island of Grand Manan, one of New Brunswick’s Fundy Isles. In the first post I went sea kayaking in the fog and loved it. In the second, Alison and I went whale watching with Sea Watch and although we didn’t spot any whales, saw more than enough […]
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Sea Watch – Whale Watching off Grand Manan
This is my second post from a recent trip to the fabulous Fundy Isles of New Brunswick. In the first post I went sea kayaking in the fog with Adventure High and found out that it was an exhilarating experience, fog or no fog. Today Alison and I are going out on the water again, […]
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Adventure High – Sea Kayaking on Grand Manan
After wanting to get to Grand Manan island, the largest of New Brunswick’s Fundy Isles for decades, Alison and I finally got here in mid-July of 2021. My intentions were to explore the island by auto, on foot, by boat and most of all, by sea kayak. As it turned out the owners of place […]
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Brunello – Halifax’s Best New Course Hole By Hole
When I first heard that cousins Glen and Rob Dexter were going to build a golf course in Timberlea I was very sceptical for two reasons. Firstly, the landscape in the Timberlea area is the proverbial Canadian ‘ rocks and trees and rocks and trees’ with a little swampland thrown in. Secondly the Dexters were […]
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Point Prim – Five Great Reasons to Visit
Point Prim is a long finger of land that juts out from the south coast of Prince Edward Island and forms the eastern boundary of Hillsborough Bay. At its tip sits the oldest and in my opinion best lighthouse on the island so that’s reason enough to take the short detour off the Trans-Canada Highway […]
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Nine Mile River Trail – A Great Walk in the Woods
It’s been a while since I’ve added a new hiking trail to my website, so today to mark yet another birthday, I’m glad to bring to you the Nine Mile River Trail in East Hants. This was a trail I knew nothing about until surfing the web looking for new places to hike. From the […]
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York Redoubt National Historic Site
Yesterday was the first reasonably mild day in quite some time and in my quest to find something reasonably interesting to write about during this Covid lockdown I set out on a drive with nowhere in particular on my mind. Hitting the Armdale rotary, I took the Spryfield exit and then Purcell’s Cove Road heading […]
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Sheffield Mills Eagle Watch
We are in the middle of winter and a pandemic at the same time. What the heck can a person do to get some enjoyment out of life during these difficult times? Here’s one suggestion for both avid birders and people who have only a passing interest in birds, but are fascinated by the size […]