Conference kaosws::canada

Nova Scotia: First, you should do the Cabot trail around Cape Breton Island.
	There's also the Annapolis Valley along the north shore of mainland
	N.S., and some picturesque stuff along the south shore in the fishing
        villages from Halifax, to Yarmouth.  
        Tourist credentials are earned by visiting the lighthouse
	at Peggy's Cove near Halifax -- and by coming home with a Lobster trap.
	If I were visiting, I would look for a fiddling and stepdancing
	event, the one I saw at a Dartmouth high school was great.
PEI:   	Highlight might well be a Sunday night Lobster dinner at a village
  	church, if you can find one.  You will probably see posters around 
	advertising them.  I remember there was a great one at St Anne's 
	church near Cavendish beach.  
	Tourist points are earned here by visiting Anne of Green Gables
	homestead -- and PEI is known for its potato farming and red dirt; 
        the best view of that is from the air, if you fly in during the 
 	sunshine hours.
The great lakes are much farther east... you have to get well into Ontario
        before you see those guys.

	Enjoy your trip!

    Actually,  I should clarify my note a bit.  The Nova Scotia and
    PEI trip is part of a 4 week trip.  I start in W.Va. and go up to
    Michigan then I may go across to Maine by the Canadian side, that's
    where the great lake info comes in.  Sorry for the confusion.
    
    I did think of a second question as well.  What type of weather
    should I expect in those areas around the end of July and into August?
    Any bug problems or other area specific info?
    
    Thanks, Sher.

Though we weren't looking for Nova Scotia information, we found
that when we wrote the provincial ministries of tourism for British
Columbia and Alberta, we got a big packet of information about
campsites and fees. Also, the Automobile Association has booklets
about area campsites. Woodall Camping (area specific) and Mobile
Oil travel books are a wealth of information. You may want to
look at which one is organized to your liking. We found that
cheap is not better since you have to dig for info in dozen
places within a book sometimes.

Lastly, campsites may have reservations; after 5 pm, they usually
give up some of the reservations to cash paying customers.

cal hoe

    you won't have to worry about too many bugs in late summer but take
    
    a sweater for those trips to the shore and late evenings . Try to
    avoid the PEI ferry on friday afternoons or long weekends. Stock
    up on local beer.
    
    Brian (bluenoser)

    As Brian has indicated late summer sometimes equates to warm clothing. 
    Also bring wet gear as even the ever persistent fog can get you damp
    and uncomfortable. In Nova Scotia(the southern end) the weather
    USUALLY is the same as Boston, just a day later. I have seen hot/humid
    days in August as well as cool days. The lobster season will be closed
    down but lobsters will be available for a price in the restaurants.
    Try the Rappie pie(potato/pork/salted cod) its pretty good.
    The salt water bays and rivers should have Mackeral and some Blues
    running if your interested in salt water fishing send me mail and
    I'll indicate where to go fishing in the Yarmouth area. Also if
    youre interested there are some nice(cheap) souveneir(sp?) stores
    in Yarmouth.
    
    Canuck    

    Take a trip into Kejimkujik National Park.
    
    Hiking, Overnight camping, Overnight (or over weekend, overweek)
    canoeing.
    
    You can (no kidding) feed deer from your hand (apples). Last summer,
    my wife and I counted 23 deer from fawns to bucks in one 2 1/2 hr
    period. This doesn't include seeing two different families (Momma,
    fawn, & spike buck = 1st ||  Momma, & 2fawns = 2nd) more than three
    times.
    
    In this recent hot weather, campfires may not be allowed. If you
    are not the "true" rough-it type, there are parking and hook-up
    facilities for your Winnibego

    Scooter

    Hi,
    
    I'm interested in buying a summer place in the Nova Scotia area but I
    have no idea how to go about getting listings.  Can anyone help me?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mary Stanley

    What listings ? Forget about listings, just do as the title of .8 says !

Why do you want to buy Nova Scotian land?  Where do you intend to ship
it once it is dug up?  Under the Free Trade Agreement, you can't ship
dirt across the Canada-USA border unless it has been sterilized and
placed in hermetically-sealed containers (Trojans, etc.).

Kieff Kortl

    	Do you know why Pat Rushton's coffee always tastes like dirt?
    
    
    
    	Because it's fresh ground every morning! HAHAHAHA!
    
    	Pat, I think you've unnearthed a can of worms here.
    
    	Where do you dig up your jokes? And why do you soil our minds with
    	them?
    
    	Now, lets not get into any mud slinging here.
    
    
    Got to shovel off,
    
    Churt Chunkle

    RE: .7
    
>    I'm interested in buying a summer place in the Nova Scotia area but I
    
    Are you a Canadian citizen?  I seem to remember some years ago that
    they passed a law to prevent U.S. citizens from buying and owning land.
    

    	I seem to be getting a case of deja vu!

    RE: .13
    
    >	I seem to be getting a case of deja vu!
    
    What, again?