Nova Scotia Local Attractions

• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Local Attractions in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada.

The best wines in the world seem to come from temperate, warm places like France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South America and California. It sometimes comes as a surprise to people, then, that Canada—often associated with cold, harsh weather patterns—has a booming wine industry that has been producing world-class vintages for decades. Canadian wine has garnered the country international recognition as a producer of fine, award-winning vino.

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Acadian History & Attractions in Canada

In the early 17th century, a group of French colonists ventured from France to the northern coastal regions of North America. In 1604, the group established the first permanent French settlement in North America at Port-Royal, in present-day Nova Scotia. The area eventually became known as Acadia, and the people and their decedents known as Acadians.

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All Aboard! Exploring Canada by Train

Upon thinking of Canada, one cannot suppress images of open space, diverse landscapes and striking hospitality spread among urban centres and rural communities. With a total area of 9,984,670 sq km (3,855,103 sq mi), plus natural attractions such as...

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Best of Cape Breton's Celtic Attractions

There's a well-known Gaelic greeting on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia that goes like this: "Ciad Mile Failte" (pronounced Key-ut me-luh fal-chuh). This short expression translates to "one hundred thousand welcomes," which is exactly the warm approach Cape Breton residents take as they share their Celtic culture with others.

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Canada's Shopping Hot Spots

In the past few decades, Canada has started to shed its image as a frigid land of vast wilderness in favour of a sophisticated, urban persona. Canada's major cities are now being seen for what they are—vibrant, modern hubs of activity. The country's urban centres boast many attractions, one of the most significant being their world-class shopping facilities.

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Canada's Top 10 Architectural Wonders

Employing the skills of thousands of artisans over the course of months, if not years, architecture is far and away society’s most complex form of artistic expression. From complex pedestrian walkway systems to elegant Victorian hotel resorts, the following WorldWeb.com travel guide will point out ten of Canada’s greatest architectural wonders.

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Canada's Top 10 Gardens

Exhibiting the flora of Canada's vast landscapes and often exotic species from afar, the country's public gardens foster an appreciation of the planet's diverse, precious and vital plant life, and offer brightly coloured, sweet-scented and lovingly tended natural sanctuaries for anyone to enjoy. The Great White North's publicly accessible gardens bloom among the world's best and here are WorldWeb.com's Top 10 picks.

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Canada's Top 10 Theme Parks

Most of what lures the theme park enthusiast to the best amusement parks in Canada are the thrill rides. Ever wonder why the frazzled-looking visitor who just got off that massive, wooden, fear-inducing roller coaster practically runs back to the long line that they were just complaining about an hour earlier?

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Destination Freedom: The History of the Underground Railroad in Canada

Canada has the reputation of the frozen north, but to Martin Luther King and thousands of other black Americans, Canada was a sort of North Star—a gleaming beacon of hope that they followed and fought their way to. From 1840 to 1860, Canada emblemized freedom from oppression, and it was there that many brave enslaved people risked their lives to enter. This struggle was known as the Underground Railroad.

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Economuseums of Atlantic Canada: A Journey into Experiential Tourism

Economuseum may be a relatively new term within the travel lexicon, but the concept’s popularity is definitely picking up momentum as travellers seek alternatives that are educational, interactive and closer to home. In an economuseum, artisans and craftspeople open their studios to the public to provide

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