Windsor
Sam Slick was a congenial character, an American by birth and a salesman by vocation who sold handy household items to the people of rural Nova Scotia. A “Yankee peddler” the locals called him in the somewhat derogatory parlance of the day. With his horse and wagon, old Sam plied the dusty dirt cartways of [...]
Read moreChester
It is a landmark that’s easy to miss – a three storey observation tower that sits in one of the highest points of land in the village of Chester. The unusual looking tower looks slightly out of place amid the stately old homes and the large wooden churches that surround it. It was built just [...]
Read moreEating fresh in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a great melting pot of culinary cultures: the spicy flavours of the Middle East, China and India, the pastas, sausages and potatoes of Europe, the indigenous dishes of the Mi’kmaq, all have imparted their particular flavor on the local cuisine. Every wave of immigrants who has come to the province has brought [...]
Read moreThe Shubenacadie Canal
The trail through Shubie Park is a short but ancient one. A Micmac portage long before Europeans arrived, the trail was an interchange in the water highway from Shubenacadie to Halifax Harbour. Pre-European Micmac knew this short trail as intimately as a well-travelled Haligonian today knows the Bicentennial Highway.
Shubie Park is the best place for [...]
The world’s highest tides? Maybe not.
For generations it has been a point of regional pride that the Bay of Fundy tides are the highest in the world. But lately, troubling sounds have been coming from northern Quebec – whispers of even higher tides in the crystal-clear waters of Ungava Bay’s Leaf Basin. Idle chatter, proud Maritimers scoffed. After all, the [...]
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