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“Yarmouth 250″ is the catch phrase for the town of Yarmouth and area’s 250th anniversary.
Two hundred years ago King George III issued land grants to six founding families who settled the boulder-strewn, rocky point later called Peggy’s Cove. Now, on the 200th anniversary of Nova Scotia’s Peggy’s Cove, there are 40 full-time residents of this community.
As the largest tourism industry conference in Canada, this annual event is expected to attract more than 500 delegates and, besides the trade shows and meetings, will feature a keynote speakers, educational sessions and networking events.
The cruise season in Nova Scotia is beginning to wind down as the air gets colder and the fall foliage begins to disappear. However 2010 will go down in the books as the most successful cruise season in Nova Scotia history.
Despite its size Nova Scotia has a variety of ecosystems and geographic terrain that is not found in places ten times as large.
owever, there are many other places that can rival the views of Cape Breton, from the South Shore to the winding Glooscap Trails that skirts the northern Bay of Fundy. In addition, the Annapolis Valley is a patchwork of colors and visitors can also pick up a car-load of apples, pumpkins and other fruits and vegetables.
A spring tradition in central Nova Scotia, the Truro Music Festival is the third oldest competitive music festival in Canada.
Stay in an actual rum runner’s bedroom where contraband was hidden from authorities as it awaited shipment to the U.S. during prohibition times.
With record setting weather conditions drying off golf course greens and a good base at Martock Ski Area it was possible to have a few good ski runs in the morning and then zip over to Island Greens in Kentville for 18 holes.
rom February 26 to 28th the harbour-side of Halifax will erupt into a festival that will take the edge off the long winter.
