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The coastline of Makone Bay is is pretty as St. Margaret’s Bay (see previous post), its next-door neighbor. While the coast has a number of scenic coves, it also has two of the pretties towns on the province’s central coast. Mahone Bay The town of Mahone Bay is a pretty coastal town with many […]
Cape Breton is an island located on the northeastern coast of Nova Scotia Canada. It is known for its stunning natural beauty, rich cultural heritage, and vibrant communities. For more details on the area, see our blog. This blog focuses on eating, entertainment and hotels. The restaurants is organized by town. Antigonish Dining Brownstone Café […]
We have wanted to get to this scenic Nova Scotia peninsula for decades. But despite having lived more than 20 years in Boston, it wasn’t until we moved to San Francisco that we finally got around to taking this trip. This introductory trip effectively took us three-quarters of the way around the peninsula (excluding only […]
Toronto has gone through a revolution over the last decade. From a rather sleepy, even provincial city, it exploded during the boom years and continued growing (albeit at a much slower rate) during the Great Recession. Rapid population growth, and projections for much more of the same, prompted the city to proactively encourage (and in […]
Niagara-On-the-Lake Ontario (NOTL) is located about a half-hour north of Niagara Falls and an hour and a half south of Toronto at the point at which the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario. Its location by the deep lake sufficiently moderates temperatures to give the region a short, but still productive growing season for a …