Welcome to Nova Scotia -- II

Highway 103 along the way

If Highway 102 was mainly the history of French settlers, then Highway 103 would bring us to understand the British colonial history of the year.

This route is only 100 kilometers, but focused on several major Nova Scotia attractions:

Welcome to Nova Scotia -- I

Nova Scotia, located on the eastern end of Canada. Nova Scotia is a maple leaf national navigation Province, consisting of a peninsula and an offshore island. Nova Scotia province is the hometown of seals and puffins, canoeing resort. The northeastern part of the province is connected to New Brunswick Province, and many other sides are surrounded by the Atlantic. Nova Scotia province has a mild climate throughout the year, the occasional hot summer in the summer, and the cold in the inland areas of the West in winter. Gulf of Fundy between northwestern of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, it is a famous tide-watching destination with spectacular ocean waves enrolled in the Guinness Book of Records. There is no more than 56 km to the sea at any point in Nova Scotia.

Into history: The Halifax Explosion

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Halifax, an area of 5,900 square kilometers, it’s located on the east coast of Canada. It is the capital of the Nova Scotia. The great love of the Atlantic makes the weather in Halifax, was fresh and wet all year round. It's cool in summer and mild in winter.

The shore of the Atlantic Ocean watchers --- Halifax

The eastern coast of Canada has four provinces, they are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Four coastal provinces, also known as Maritime Provinces or Atlantic Provinces, they are also the famous tourist area of Canada.

The Birthplace of the Commonwealth of Canada - Prince Edward Island

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From Fredericton of New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island province of Charlottetown, we drove 3 hours and 29 minutes, 341 km trip. Many years ago, connecting New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island only ferry, after 1997 have the Confederation Bridge. Founded in 1993, the cross sea bridge, a total length of 13 km, 65 pier, three corners of the design, prevent attacks the tide of the sea breeze, middle section of reaching a height of up to 61 meters, in order to ship through, seeing very spectacular, is limited by the camera, can only make the patches of below.

Fredericton of New Brunswick, a rejection of industrial cities

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Brunswick New is located in the eastern part of Canada, which is a part of the three provinces of the sea in Canada, but also Canada's most amazing beauty of the region. As the region near the Atlantic Ocean, where the people are full of deep love for the sea. The rural pastoral scenery and beautiful coastline reflect each other, green grass, blue sea and blue sky of the unique natural scenery.

Quebec's four season’s murals (Québecois Fresco)

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This is a fresco, it is called "four seasons". It is said that this fresco is dedicated to the creation of 12 outstanding artists from all over Quebec in 1999. The fresco cleverly put the scenery into a picture of four seasons in Quebec. From bottom to top, spring, summer, autumn and winter transition - the following fragrant grass, the middle flowers, the upper maple leaf red, the top snow-capped.

Quebec’s Murals

It is also the perfect combination of architecture and color, and fresco wall is much more approachable. A total of 11 fresco walls in Quebec City, each of which is colorful and interesting. But there are three murals in the old town, which are quite famous. The murals are modeled on the famous people, architecture, geography and cultural elements of the Quebec style, such as the old walls, such as the old city walls, the connecting steps Upper Town and Lower Town. Each fresco is a veritable masterpiece, colorful, detailed and realistic. Quebec's murals are bringing history into life.

France amorous feelings of the city, Quebec City

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From Montreal to Quebec City, 251 km trip, about 3 hours. To enter Montreal, the highway 401 has become highway 20, it is a smooth highway. Historically, Montreal and Quebec City is a French colony, membership in French, but Quebec's geographical position is more prominent and northeast Canada's most important a city.

Montreal's attractions…

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City Hall

The Montreal City Hall is the Rue Notre-Dame E Street, located in the old town of Montreal, built in 1878, the construction of the use of the architectural style of the Vitoria period, that is, the French Second Empire architecture style. But unfortunately, the building was destroyed in the fire in March 1922, leaving only some of its outer walls. Now we see the City Hall, it is the prototype as the Tours City of French, re-built and preserved so far. According to the introduction of the interior of the city hall is decorated with marble on the ground and walls, golden chandeliers and slender carving to make it very magnificent. The City Hall has a total of 5 floors, with only the first floor of the lobby and some rooms open to visitors.

Romance at the foot of the Royal Mountain – Montreal

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From Cornwall drove to Montreal, 256 kilometers, 2 hours 33 minutes, the scenery is beautiful, the vehicle is not much. Large tracts of green grass, let floating of Montreal in eastern Canada Atlantic into the estuary of the St. Lawrence River, the blue clean water on all sides will surround it, to make it into the North American enchanting, unique landscape water city and tourist resorts.

Spring along Thousand Islands ON, Canada

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Along the Kingston to the north, the St. Lawrence River to its surrounding, large and multi branch of the St. Lawrence River divided land out hundreds of islands, there is we will travel to the thousand islands.

The first capital of Canada - Kingston

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From London, Ontario to Kingston is 441 km, along the highway 401 has been to the East, 4 hours 12 minutes arrived in Kingston. Kingston is a small city in the province of Ontario, Canada, on Ontario Lake, to the estuary of the St. Lawrence River, it is a water city. Winter is not too cold, summer is not too hot, suitable for living.

Road Trip from Ontario Lake to the Atlantic -- II

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The window outside of the St. Lawrence River      

Montreal - Quebec City 2 hours 40 minutes   255 km via AutoRoute du Souvenir/AutoRoute 20

AutoRoute 20, traveling 255 km, the dazzling France’s roof and skylight, Chateau Frontenac Hotel, near the window lunch.... Montreal is a city with a population of 3 million 800 thousand, while Quebec City is a small town with a population of 700 thousand. From Montreal to drive 20 highway, about 3 hours, it is 255 kilometers away from Quebec City. Look down from a height, Quebec is a city with a beautiful roof. After years of baptism of brick walls and bright roof add radiance and beauty to each other, so that the built in 1608 Canada's oldest city, like a piece of American treasure, brightly.

Road Trip from Ontario Lake to the Atlantic -- I

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Canada's land area is very large, road travel is a common thing. In the middle of Canada, if you don't find a time to enjoy the fun of driving in Canada, it would be too much regret. Eastern Canada has beautiful natural scenery with much land and few people, along the way, traffic developed, it has the best conditions of the road trip.

Parks Canada is free tickets in 2017, to celebrate Canada's 150th

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In 2017, the tourists to travel to Canada and don't forget, can free access to National Park. In 2016, tourists buy annual pass, it is valid for 2 years.

Canada's environment minister, Catherine McKenna responsible for Parks Canada, she wrote in the plan: "on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding in 2017, the National Park is free for all tourists. In addition, since 2018, the National Park for free under the age of 18, the citizens of new citizens in their first year after the naturalization admission is free."

Manitoulin Island - The largest island in the freshwater lake in the world

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For the first time, I went to Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, see the ferry - Ms. Chi - Cheemaun sailing on the lake. Some people say that it's the ferry to Manitoulin Island in the lake, the Island called is the world's largest in freshwater lake.

Bruce Peninsula, Ontario

The Bruce Peninsula is the narrowest peninsula between Ontario's Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay, which is the most popular summer resort in Ontario. It is more than 100 kilometers deep into Huron Lake, part of the Lake Huron. Its steep cliffs on the east coast are an extension of the Niagara Escarpment, and the beautiful Bruce Peninsula National Park in Here, there is famous for Hiking and Camping activities.

In October of that year, Algonquin's maple leaf was red.

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A rain, quietly brought the fall of sorrow, and to October, did not feel out of the window is a deep autumn. Every October, has a vaguely scenery. Every October, there are different feelings. Too hurried, this October came, has been trance the impression of the past October. Too hurried, this year's October came, have damped down the past memory in October. But in October of that year, it always in my mind ripples out, not for anything else, because that year in October, the maple leaf of red.

Canada's "Antarctic"

Canada has four poles, east, south, west and north. The northernmost point of the Nunavut area, the western point of the northwest of the Yukon Territories, and the easternmost point of Newfoundland, which are difficult to reach. Only the most southern point, relatively easy to reach, and 177 km away from the Ontario of London city, only 2 hours. It was much more complex than we imagined in the trip to Canada's "Antarctica", but it also became richer and more interesting.