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Just three hours flight from New York City and you’re in an area of thick forest and pristine rivers. The Gaspe Peninsula is considered to be the heartland of Acadia, an area that stretches from the eastern Canada provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to the lands known as the Gaspe.
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The Native American man known to Canadians as ‘Grey Owl’ had done various jobs to make a living, including fur trapping in his youth.
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Iceberg Alley is the area from Baffin Bay (where icebergs enter the water from the massive glaciers on the southwest coast of Greenland) down to the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador where the bergs enter the shipping lanes.
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Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia is Atlantic Canada’s largest metropolitan area and busiest port. Founded in 1749 by General George Corwallis and 2,500 settlers, Halifax was planned as Britain’s military centre north of Boston, USA.
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There are dozens of taller waterfalls in the world (Niagara ranks 50th), but in terms of sheer volume Niagara Falls is unbeatable: more than 1 million bathtubs of water plummet over the edge every second.
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