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Discover Parks (etc) in Canada for FREE

Friday, May 19th, 2017

Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday by visiting the our home and native land. Parks Canada is offering all Canadians a FREE 2017 Discovery Pass so there will be no cost to visit any of their sites. You have the option of visiting 148 locations everywhere in the country. You probably think  they’re all about national parks but Parks Canada is way more than that – their mandate includes marine conservation areas and national historic sites.

You could visit the wreck of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in Nunavut, view Canada’s highest peak, Mount Logan in Kluane National park, ice fields in Jasper, our country’s birthplace within the fortifications of Quebec, Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions,  walk amongst the flower pot rocks on the ocean floor in the Bay of Fundy, Haida Heritage sites, or even Anne of Green Gables‘ writer, Lucy Maude Montgomery’s house.

Here’s a challenge: See how many of their iconic red Adironack chairs you can find and Instagram them. If you want to drool – and – plan ahead, get copies of the National Geographic books Guide to the National Parks of Canada and Guide to the National Historic Sites of Canada.

Yes, you can camp, but you can also reserve a yurt, a goutte d’Ô which resembles a water droplet, a micro cube, large modern houses called oTENTiks or be one of the first to sleep in a hanging Cocoon in Cape Breton.

SBCocoon

www.parkscanada.gc.ca
Tel: 888-773-8888

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Canada: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – Frog Pond Cafe

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

The Frog Pond Cafe in Cheticamp, NS has coffee, pastries, snacks, a gift shop and wonderful Cape Breton hospitality.

Frog Pond Cafe

 

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Canada: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia – Rug Hookers

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Lola is one of the hookers in this hooked rug shop on Cape Breton Island. She has been hooking for 44 years.

Rug Hooker

 

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Canada: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – Yummy Lobster Dinner

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Noisy lobster dinner at Baddeck Lobster Suppers. The fish chowder was loaded with large yummy pieces of every fish you can name.

Lobster Dinner

 

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Canada: Sydney, Nova Scotia – Do I Stop?

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Am I supposed to stop at this corner? Can I plead non-comprehension?

Stop Sign

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Canada: Port Sydney, Nova Scotia – St Patrick’s Church

Monday, August 8th, 2016

The ceiling of St Patrick’s Church was created by inverting the hull of a ship.

St Patrick's Church

 

 

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Canada: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – Giant Fiddle

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

This fiddle, the largest one in the world, sits in a prominent spot on the back deck of the Sydney cruise port.

Giant Fiddle

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Canada: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – Cat Covered in Monarch Butterflies

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

This gorgeous cat covered with monarch butterflies sits in front of the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. It was created by Lorlee Cunliffe.

Monarch Butterfly Cat

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Canada: Cape Breton, Novia Scotia – What do you see in this picture?

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Do you see a lady applying her makeup or do you see a skull? This piece is called “All is vanity” and is found in the Jost House, one of the historic houses in North Sydney.

All is vanity

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Canada: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – Best Tasting Oysters

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Mabou oysters are the best tasting oysters due to the cold water of Mabou Harbour. Can you tell how old this guy is by his rings?

Mabou Oysters

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