Across the lake from the estate of Alexander Graham Bell, who loved the little town, Baddeck lies in rich farmland and is very much the island’s premier resort destination.

This is such a busy little town that it can be hard to see the gentle, pastoral home of the Anne of Green Gables novels.

FEW STORIES SURROUNDING the settlement of the New World evoke as many feelings of tragedy and triumph as the tale of the Acadians. Colonizing Nova Scotia’s fertile Annapolis Valley in the 1600s, 500 French settlers adopted the name Acadie, hoping to establish an ideal pastoral land. They prospered and, by 1750, numbered 14,000, becoming the [...]

The sea around Atlantic Canada is influenced by the cold Labrador Current flowing from the north, the Gulf Stream from the south, and the large outflow of fresh water at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. The region is home to myriad ocean creatures, and the highest tides in the world at the nutrient-rich [...]

The provinces of Atlantic Canada – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island – along with Newfoundland, the Quebec north shore of the St. Lawrence River, and the Gaspé Peninsula, constitute a rich and diverse maritime habitat for wildlife.

Newfoundland is a place where land, water and sky hug like old pals, and the edge of North America holds an adventure as immense as the heavens.

Nature has blessed this region with sandy shoreline, rugged coastline and colourful gardens. This fine place was the location of the first British town in Canada, founded in 1749. Since then, the region has progressed to be home for a various mix of people. Delightful fishing villages, farming communities and Atlantic Canada’s biggest city await [...]

 
Almost an island, Nova Scotia is a little province on the Atlantic coast with a long history and a rich culture.

With towering peaks, vast landscapes, and 17,000 kilometres of rugged coastline, Newfoundland and Labrador displays wild, open spaces and grand spectacles of nature.

New Brunswick is where the great Canadian forest, sliced by sweeping river valleys and modern highways, meets the Atlantic.

Parks Canada manages Canada’s national park system, which consists of 39 parks spread across every province and territory, combining to represent all of the country’s natural landscape.

The general consensus is that Canada is a land of trees, wide open spaces and extremely long cold winters. Most travelers from overseas have similar views, embellished by images of red-coated Mounties, black bears, Rocky Mountains, and the Niagara Falls. In truth there is all this and considerably more, as you will realize when you [...]