Atlantic Canada

[mimikv]

Recently returned from approx. 6 wks in the maritime provinces. Really liked Fredericton, NB and traveled south toward St John and all along the southern shore area, St. Stephen, (chocolate town) St. George and St. Andrew - very nice. Visited Antigonish, NS about 4 days - camp ground crowded but enjoyed sightseeing surrounding area. Went north to North Sydney, NS - campground there was excetionally clean and open - visited "Lick-a-Chick" food restaurant before going over on the ferry to Newfoundland. We liked Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island the best. Newfoundland we went as far east as Gambo, Nfld. We did not make it to St. John's- maybe next time. But we did see alot of the central area of Nfld both north and south shore. All the way south to Harbour Breton and north to Twillingate. We stayed at Bishop's Falls, Nfld and the campground owners there were very friendly and helpful. Went to the west coast of Nfld and toured Gros Morne National Park and eventually went north to catch the ferry for a day trip over to Labrador. We did the boat ride that required a 40 minute walk to the dock - it was near Rocky Harbor, Nfld. Returning to Nova Scotia we toured Cape Breton and did the Cabot trail - such beautiful sights!! Prince Edward Island was where we ventured next after leaving Nova Scotia - we crossed over on the ferry and then drove over the bridge when we were leaving to return to New Brunswick. We saw Anne "The Musical" while we were in Charlottetown, PEI. I think we covered PEI tip to tip - we were there for "Old Home Week" and went to their county fair and saw their race track and new facilities at the track and the gambling casino area was a surprise - I never saw it advertised once that they had slots at the race track in Charlottetown, PEI. PEI had so many farms and beautiful scenery no wonder the author of Anne of Green Gables wrote about it so much and loved it so!! We also stayed a few days on the northern shore of New Brunswick it was quit different from the southern side - did not seem as populated!! All in all we had a great time visiting the maritime provinces and hope to return someday to bring our grandchildren to see all the beautiful sights.

mimikv

[mimikv]

Recently returned from approx. 6 wks in the maritime provinces. Really liked Fredericton, NB and traveled south toward St John and all along the southern shore area, St. Stephen, (chocolate town) St. George and St. Andrew - very nice. Visited Antigonish, NS about 4 days - camp ground crowded but enjoyed sightseeing surrounding area. Went north to North Sydney, NS - campground there was excetionally clean and open - visited "Lick-a-Chick" food restaurant before going over on the ferry to Newfoundland. We liked Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island the best. Newfoundland we went as far east as Gambo, Nfld. We did not make it to St. John's- maybe next time. But we did see alot of the central area of Nfld both north and south shore. All the way south to Harbour Breton and north to Twillingate. We stayed at Bishop's Falls, Nfld and the campground owners there were very friendly and helpful. Went to the west coast of Nfld and toured Gros Morne National Park and eventually went north to catch the ferry for a day trip over to Labrador. We did the boat ride that required a 40 minute walk to the dock - it was near Rocky Harbor, Nfld. Returning to Nova Scotia we toured Cape Breton and did the Cabot trail - such beautiful sights!! Prince Edward Island was where we ventured next after leaving Nova Scotia - we crossed over on the ferry and then drove over the bridge when we were leaving to return to New Brunswick. We saw Anne "The Musical" while we were in Charlottetown, PEI. I think we covered PEI tip to tip - we were there for "Old Home Week" and went to their county fair and saw their race track and new facilities at the track and the gambling casino area was a surprise - I never saw it advertised once that they had slots at the race track in Charlottetown, PEI. PEI had so many farms and beautiful scenery no wonder the author of Anne of Green Gables wrote about it so much and loved it so!! We also stayed a few days on the northern shore of New Brunswick it was quit different from the southern side - did not seem as populated!! All in all we had a great time visiting the maritime provinces and hope to return someday to bring our grandchildren to see all the beautiful sights.

mimikv

[brad03ca]

Hello mimikv: Glad you had a good time. You chose to travel some of Canada's best and most scenic provinces and routes. I have seen the provinces you travelled, but honestly, is there any province better or prettier than Newfoundland. You really missed more good sights to the east in NL. But like you said, next time. By all means try the Whale Watch at Witless Bay, south of St.John's. Totally magnificent.

[Little Kopit]

Please, please, please, mimikv change your topic title to Atlantic Canada.

Atlantic Canada = Newfoundland & Labrador, plus Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & PEI. The Maritimes is only the other three provinces. We, who live in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador really care about this.

Glad you liked it here. Sorry, you did not get to visit St. John's.* We have a big island. & you have been to places I have yet to visit, though I've been here 21 years. You took the Western Brook Pond boat tour. There is another fjord boat tour, just as nice, for Trout River Pond. I hope you managed some of the lovely hikes, maybe a whale watching boat trip, too. Did you take in any of Gros Morn Theatre Festival, maybe dinner theatre?

How far north did you go on the Labrador Straits side? Red Bay, Cartright?? I've only been as far as Red Bay, but next year I plan to go to Cartright, take the ferry to Happy Valley and contintue right across that part of the province.

& PEI is where my roots are. I have never done the Anne locales and won't do them either. I love the books. The musical is a round-to-it. But I always drive back roads. How about the Charlottetown Farmer's Market on a Saturday? Did you do that?

* I have heard of people who flew to St. John, NB, when what they wanted was St. John's, NL, just because some ticket agent had the wrong name.

But please, please, please change the topic title. We care about it!!!

[brad03ca]

You know L.K., not many Canadians realize NL isn't considered a Maritime Province. I/We thank our American neighbours, like mimikv for visiting our country, namely the Maritme Provinces and NL. All Atlantic Canada says Thanks....Brad

[Little Kopit]

Thank you very much mimikv & thanks for the pm, too.

I get asked to go double check my facts, too.

We care about our identity.

[Stan Birch]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by brad03ca:
You know L.K., not many Canadians realize NL isn't considered a Maritime Province. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Exactly! Although I've been around before Nfld was even a Province; here in Upper Canada, eloquent communicators still refer to Nfld as a Maritime Province.

And in an era where the annoying world of acronyms has become ever so in-vogue; I suspect that efforts of Newfies (Citizens of the Atlantic Province of Newfoundland and Labrador), aren't going to achieve much success in convincing Canadians to embrace the long version definition of Newfoundland; not to mention "Newfoundland and Labrador!"

[Little Kopit]

Stan,

I would expect you to do your bit to encourage Canadians to get to know all of Atlantic Canada better.

I am a come from away, a convert if you will. I speak what I hear.

We want the rest of the world to take us as we are, accept us as being somewhat different, distinct, if you will, or unique in Newfoundlandese.

[Stan Birch]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Little Kopit: Stan,
I would expect you to do your bit to encourage Canadians to get to know all of Atlantic Canada better. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
In all fairness, I've that I've already done my "bit", in an effort to reveal Newfoundland, as arguably the most-precious and unique gem in all of North America!!

But I can't hope to compete with your own home-grown nitwit Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Paul Shelley, whose singular focus in life,is to screw the entire Newfoundland Tourist Industry into the ground!!

Kudos to all of the Newfies who voted for an uneducated elemenatary school gym teacher to handle the awewome fiscal responsbility of Newfoundland Tourism!!

Elemenarty schol gym-teacher. Hon Paul Shelley, in one swoop has managed to discourage RVers from ever-again daring to invade Newfoundland.

Bottom line . . in deference to our friends in Newfoundland; as long as Newfies continue to vote for strident anti-Rver legislators such as the Hon. Paul Shelly, it's not at all likely that knowlewgable RVers are going to gravitate toward travelling within the Province of Newfoundland; nor consider it a legitimate destination!

Now that Newfies have formally declared out-of-province tourists as mere prey; you can imagine that the majority of North American Rvers, now consider the heretofore feigned so-called Newfoundland hospitality as a total crock!

Like . . in all fairness, Newfies have not only voted for, but allowed a singular insignificant 1/500,00th of the population, the(Hon. Paul Shelly) who has managed to drag the Newfie tourism reputation to the lowest level ever experienced in history . . even before 1949!

[Bob Boucher]

Gee Stan, are you peeved at something?

As an ex-Montrealer, and a past Haligonian, I consider all four "Atlantic Provinces" as "The Maritimes", and with all due respect to Little Kopit and all Newfies, the rest of Canada do as well, for the most part! It's like Manitoba saying they are not a Western Province?

RV'ers better get used to the self serving representations of voting, tax paying Campground owners who want to ban our stopping anywhere but in their ocerpriced and often pitiful sites. Pols being what they are will pay closer attention to voters than to visitors, regardless of the financial truths behind the issue.

Let's face it, there are a huge number of RV'ers in North America but we are still very much a minority when it comes to beeing heard, specially since a large number of us opted for full timing therefore loosing our vote and giving up the leverage of our tax dollars.

I would never have the nerve to comment upon or critisize local political decisions in our adopted winter town in Georgia since my only tax contribution is in the excise dollars on fuel and the meager sales tax on our purchases, augmented by whatever our host pays in taxes on our $300. per month rent. It's their home, their politicians and their tax dollars, so who the heck am I to complain about what laws they pass and how they spend their tax money.

Bob

[Little Kopit]

Bob, oh, Bob, the 4 provinceces together are Atlantic Canada. Sorry, that the media etc. seem so poorly equipped. I've won this one in bigger circles. If you want to get Newfoundlanders going, this is one way to do it. Maritimes is ONLY NB, NS, and PEI. If I have to say this every time the topic comes up I will.

& Bob, don't worry about Stan's one person crusade over here or anywhere else. This isn't Stan's private fiefdom to shape as he wants anymore than is Ontario.

[Bob Boucher]

L.K.:

I'm not arguing here, just stating what the general perception is accross the country in business and privatly.

At least it was when I was called upon to criss-cross the country on business up to eight years ago.

Sorry the Newfoundlanders do not agree with it but it is/was the popular perception!! Interestingly Google is better informed on this point as they clearly show that the Maritime Provinces only consist of N.S., P.E.I. and N.B.!

I will now ammand my concept and insure that in future I will promptly correct any and all who err on this topic therefore, I hope, attoning for my long standing misconceptions! Incidently, just before writing this, I asked my wife, my daughter and her husband to name the "Maritime Provinces" and all 3 included Newfoundland!! They now stand corrected!

Cheers:

Bob

[Skip298]

Oh Boy!........i was just going to type in the words Oh-Oh!! and leave... but..as u know I talk too much...........STAN!...you think those boys and girls down there are stupid!........I will bet right now that there is a party going on somewhere and the buys are sittin around the old campfire saying loud and clear.......thanks to them thar foks in ontario buy,,,we can be sittin around the fire enjoyin life and them folks are makin sure we can do it by sending money.......theys a good people up there.....