Posts in Tag: Nova Scotia
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Oceanstone Resort & Rhubarb Restaurant
In my previous post I visited Peggy’s Cove with the express intention of checking out the proposed changes that will include a viewing platform and other upgrades. My conclusion was that they will be a welcome addition and make the place far more accessible than it is now and create a much more sensible traffic […]
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Peggys Cove Kerfuffle – Decide for Yourself
I live in St. Margaret’s Bay and visit nearby Peggys Cove several times a year, most recently on a beautiful and sunny New Year’s day. I try to be there when the number of visitors is minimal which is usually in winter. BTW, I’m not using the apostrophe in Peggys Cove because Google hates them. […]
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Pier 21 – Canada’s Amazing Immigration Museum
My last post on this website was from Georges Island National Historic Site from where I took this post’s featured image of the waterside of Pier 21, Canada’s Museum of Immigration; the same view that nearly one million immigrants who passed through its doors between 1928 and 1971 had as their ships berthed in Halifax. […]
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Georges Island – Halifax’s Hottest New Destination
For more years than I care to remember, I would stroll the Halifax waterfront and stare out at Georges Island and wonder what it would be like to actually set foot on this historic and mystery shrouded place. Up until the summer of 2020 that’s all one could do other than take a photo like […]
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Handa Island – A Bird Lover’s Haven
Last summer, in preparation for driving Scotland’s great new scenic route the North Coast 500, I came across the name of Handa Island, more by happenstance than any foreknowledge on my part. I learned that it had once been a thriving community relying mostly on the bounty of the sea surrounding the island. Then in 1847, […]
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Cabot Cliffs – Why It’s Canada’s #1 Golf Course
This post first appeared after playing Cabot Cliffs in September, 2016. In September of 2020 Alison and I returned, taking along our daughter Lenore who, although not a regular golfer wanted desperately to play the two world top 100 courses at Cabot Links. She even took a couple of lessons from Kyle Scott, one of the […]
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Trout Point Lodge – 12 Reasons You’ll Love It
This is an update to a post on Trout Point Lodge I first up in 2016 and includes details from subsequent visits in 2017 and in 2019 under the new ownership of Patrick and Pamela Wallace. Alison and I first published Exploring Nova Scotia in 1995 and followed it up with five more editions, the last in […]
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Fox Harbr – A Great Nova Scotian Golf Course
This is a post on Tim Horton’s co founder Ron Joyce’s golf resort on the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia, not far from the town of Tatamagouche where Joyce grew up. Firstly, I do know the correct spelling is Fox Harb’r, but SEO won’t permit any punctuation in the key word so I’ll stick with […]
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TMAC 2016 – Your Heart Will Never Leave
It’s been a couple of weeks since I returned home from TMAC 2016 on Cape Breton island and I’m still pinching myself about what a wonderful trip it was from beginning to end. For those not familiar with TMAC, it stands for The Travel Media Association of Canada and is an organization of writers, photographers, bloggers […]