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The Three Sisters rock formation in Cape Chignecto Provincial Park. According to Mi’kmaw legend, the rocks represent three mischievous sisters turned to stone.
The adventure is just beginning If you seek high tides, higher cliffs, the warmest waters north of the Carolinas and festivals and museums galore, head over to Central Nova and the North Shore. The simple joy of discovery is around every bend By Alec Bruce
What’s hot this summer
Summer typically heralds event season in Central Nova & The North Shore. Of course, this year is special. After two years under a pandemic gloom, the season’s events will make a triumphant return. Take in Festival Antigonish, one of Atlantic Canada’s premier summer repertory theatres, with its production of The Hobbit (premiering in August). The Antigonish Highland Society also welcomes all to its Scottish heavy
throws, piping, drumming, dancing and tugs-of-war pull at Antigonish Highland Games (July 8–10). In addition to watching Hobbits and tossing cabers, head over to the Pictou Lobster Carnival (July 8–10) for tasty, traditional fare. For the best Canadian music the East Coast has to offer, pop in to the New Glasgow Riverfront Jubilee (July 29–31) and the Nova Scotia Summerfest in Antigonish (Aug. 19).
With several prime viewing locations of the world’s highest tides, visit the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, located along the north shore of the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, stretching from Lower Truro in the east to Apple River in the west, a distance of 165 km. The Mi’kmaq were the first geologists of the Geopark, selecting rocks for their points and tools, and for ceremonial use in sweat lodges. The Cliffs of Fundy Sea NOVA SCOTIA
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