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Do you want to know about the best ski slopes in the Kootenays, newest restaurants in Vancouver, or the coziest bed-and-breakfasts in the Yukon? You'll find what you're looking for in Moon Handbooks Western Canada. Covering the finest sights, activities, and adventures from the Northwest Territories down to Calgary, this guidebook is the key to any Canadian adventure. Included are photographs and essentials on accommodations for every taste and budget, from campgrounds in Whitehorse and bed-and-breakfasts in Victoria to the historic Banff Springs Hotel. Author and veteran traveler Andrew Hempstead, an Alberta resident, gives tips on great destinations off the beaten path, plus insight into the unique history and cultures of the region. Complete with detailed maps and up-to-date contact information, Moon Handbooks Western Canada is the comprehensive resource for a thoroughly uncommon experience. ... Read more

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Historical Inform,ation is interesting
This book is Historical information on both the area I grown up in and family bacvkground. I greatly enjojed not only ready this book, but found that being about to see many of the places and items mentioned in the bok added to my enjoyment. Please note that "Boy Captive of Old Deerfield" proceeds this and "Boys of the Border" follows this. All 3 are excellant and contain much interesting information on the settlement of Western Mass.

The Boy Captive in Old Deerfield
This is the first in a series that cronicles young Stephen's life in anearly American, frontier town and capture by indians from Canada.The bookwas not only hard to put down because of continual actions, but I wasalways learning a little bet here and there about early colional life andNative American life.

The first chapter was a little tough getting usedto some of the Olde English spelling an phrases.But soon I no longernoticed them at all.I would recommend this book to anyone from about 5thgrade and up.

I won't spoil the ending, but do yourself a favor and order"The Boy Captive in Canada" at the same time because the storydoesn't endin this book.It continues into the next. ... Read more

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More than 50,000 draft-age American men and women migrated to Canada during the Vietnam War, the largest political exodus from the United States since the American Revolution. How are we to understand this migration three decades later? Was their action simply a marginal, highly individualized spin-off of the American antiwar movement, or did it have its own lasting collective meaning?

John Hagan, himself a member of the exodus, searched declassified government files, consulted previously unopened resistance organization archives and contemporary oral histories, and interviewed American war resisters settled in Toronto to learn how they made the momentous decision. Canadian immigration officials at first blocked the entry of some resisters; then, under pressure from Canadian church and civil liberties groups, they fully opened the border, providing these Americans with the legal opportunity to oppose the Vietnam draft and military mobilization while beginning new lives in Canada. It was a turning point for Canada as well, an assertion of sovereignty in its post-World War II relationship with the United States. Hagan describes the resisters' absorption through Toronto's emerging American ghetto in the late 1960s. For these Americans, the move was an intense and transformative experience. While some struggled for a comprehensive amnesty in the United States, others dedicated their lives to engagement with social and political issues in Canada. More than half of the draft and military resisters who fled to Canada thirty years ago remain there today. Most lead successful lives, have lost their sense of Americanness, and overwhelmingly identify themselves as Canadians.

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Terrific Study Of Draft Reisters Fleeing to Canada !
This is truly a fascinating book for anyone familiar with the decade-long 'sturm und drang' associated with the anti-war movement of the 1960s, when tens of thousands of young American men fled across the Canadian border in an effort to avoid the military draft and service in Vietnam. In many respects this emigration became a lightening rod for the conflict between the pro-war forces within this country and the wider anti-war movement composed at first of hundreds of thousands and then even millions of Americans willing to aid and abet such young men in their efforts to avoid becoming part of what was referred to as the "war machine".What is most interesting in this scholarly account of the phenomenon, however, is its examination of what happened to the welter of young men so intent on living life on their own terms that they were willing to become expatriates to do so.

The author, Professor John Hagen, is a sociologist interested in examining the pilgrim's progress of individual draft-dodgers/emigrants who poured over the border for close to a decade, often with a surprising set of expectations and unresolved internal conflicts associated with the personal experiences that had led them so far from home. His ability to recount the many levels on which the war continued to determine the options and the world view of the individuals so affected is fascinating stuff, and the author does a yeoman's job of breathing life and substance into a work that might otherwise be dry and difficult reading indeed. While his account is earnest and quite well documented, it is also quite revealing and entertaining to read. Hagan often poses questions for the respondents that result in illuminating glimpses into the lingering ways in which the fateful decision to move north continue to affect them in most fateful ways, both for better and for worse. What is most amazing is the degree to which the majority of the individuals rose above the difficulties associated with this move and made successes of their lives.

In this sense, the work is a penetrating effort to unmask and explore the consequences of the war in Vietnam for all of us. In this sense it is a resounding affirmation of how each of us was transformed and changed by our participation in the culture of the sixties, whether for better or for worse. The best in sociology is its ability to locate the individual meaningfully in his times and embedded within the context of his or her cultural meanings. Such a book is this, an effort to locate and recognize the ways in which our times help to determine how we live and under what specific set of existential circumstances we strive to realize our most important goals and most personal dreams. This is a great book, and one I wish many more people would read. Enjoy!

More case studies should have been added.
This is a sociological study of the Americans who emigrated to Canada during the late 1960s and early 1970s.I believe that there is an attempt to draw an analogy with the Americans who chose Peace Corps service during this period of time with those who went to Canada.This is an invalid comparison.American Peace Corps volunteers served in places like Atar, Mauritania; Qandahar, Afghanistan; Bilma, Niger; Kikwit, Zaire; Sarh, Tchad; and Zabol, Iran.Most of the Americans that went to Canada chose to live in southern Onatrio, viz. Toronto.How many went to Lac St. Jean, Quebec or Churchill, Manitoba?Few.These sites would have been partially commensurate with the difficulty of the Peace Corps sites. ... Read more

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The Regional Geography of Canada divides Canada into six geographic regions: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Western Canada, Atlantic Canada, and the Territorial North. Each region has a particular regional geography, history, population, and a unique location. These factors have determined each region's character, set the direction for its development, and created a sense of place. In examining these themes, this text underscores the dynamic nature of Canada's regional geography. ... Read more

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Excellent geographic study
Robert T. Bone's Regional Geography of Canada is a must for anyone who is interested in Canadian history or geography in general. It is very well organized and comprehensive. This book goes beyond what most of us think of when we hear the word "geography". It is not a book about maps, it is a book about how people live in Canada, why they live where they do, how their lives have impacted the land, and how the land has impacted their lives. It is a very interesting study and will make you think about how your own life is impacted by the environment around you... where ever you are! ... Read more

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Great buying
Great publication, everything I wanted to know about
the subject matter was there in hard print before my eyes.
Very imformative and most helpful. Great acquisition to
my travelling library. ... Read more

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A peek into the last century
When this book's photos were being shot on June 8th, 1986, I was a boy in Soviet Union. The word "perestroika" was not yet invented, and the "iron curtain" was alive and well. Quite naturally, foreigncountries seemed more like other planets to us then. Now I live in Canada,and what I find the most revelational about this book is that from today'sviewpoint, Canada of 1986 was surprisingly more like the Soviet Union ofthe same time than it is like modern Canada or modern Russia. Cars,fashions, appliances, even people's smiles and expressions, let alone thebook's design and print quality are all unmistakably the "deep into1980s" style, and many things in the book look like they're from myown childhood. When you live through changes you tend to miss them, and ittakes a book like this to remind you of how even the smallest things inlife may change within a decade. These changes constitute the real historyof our world, not the sequences of prime ministers or general secretaries.I'd highly recommend this book for its historical interest alone - andbesides, it has some really great pictures, too. ... Read more

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After decades of extraordinary successes as a multicultural society, new debates are bubbling to the surface in Canada. The contributors to this volume examine the conflict between equality rights, as embedded in the Charter, and multiculturalism as policy and practice, and ask which charter value should trump which and under what circumstances? The opening essay deliberately sharpens the conflict among religion, culture, and equality rights and proposes to shift some of the existing boundaries. Other contributors disagree strongly, arguing that this position might seek to limit freedoms in the name of justice, that the problem is badly framed, or that silence is a virtue in rebalancing norms. The contributors not only debate the analytic arguments but infuse their discussion with their personal experiences, which have shaped their perspectives on multiculturalism in Canada. This volume is a highly personal as well as strongly analytic discussion of multiculturalism in Canada today.

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"On one level, Peter Moogk's latest book, LaNouvelle France: The Making of French Canada--A Cultural History, is acandid exploration ofthe troubled historical relationship that existsbetween the inhabitants of French- and English-speaking Canada. At thesame time, it is a long-overdue study ofthe colonial socialinstitutions, values, and experiences that shaped modern French Canada.Moogk draws on a rich body of evidence--literature; statisticalstudies; government, legal, and private documents in France, Britain,and North America--and traces the roots of the Anglo-French culturalstruggle to the seventeenth century. In so doing, he discovered a NewFrance vastly different from the one portrayed in popular mythology.French relations with Native Peoples, for instance, were strained. Thecolony of New France was really no single entity, but rather a chain ofloosely aligned outposts stretching from Newfoundland in the east tothe Illinois Country in the west.

Moogk also found that many early immigrants to New France werereluctant exiles from their homeland and that a high percentagereturned to Europe. Those who stayed, the Acadians and Canadians, werepolitically conservative and retained Old Regime values: feudal socialhierarchies remained strong; one's individualism tended to be familial,not personal; Roman Catholicism molded attitudes and was as importantas language in defining Acadian and Canadian identities. It was, Moogkconcludes, the pre-French Revolution Bourbon monarchy and itsinstitutions that shaped modern French Canada, in particular theProvince of Quebec, and set its people apart from the rest of thenation. ... Read more

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Franco-Americans may not identify withNouvelle France
Non-Traditional View of Francos: An Author Speaks

By Juliana L'Heureux

A recent telephone interview with author Peter N. Moogk, 60, a Canadian professor currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia, brought out a surprisingly non-traditional point of view on Franco-American culture.

So much of Franco-American culture is embellished in nostalgia about the past, but Moogk cuts through the heroic veneer presented by some earlier writers like Francis Parkman.

Moogk's most recent book was published in the United States in 2001, titled "La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada- A Cultural History". It's an ambitious historical effort.

To his credit, Moogk provides extensive research covering the entire 400 year scope of the French experience in North America, not just a little slice of it.In a nutshell, Moogk avoids all prevailing points of view about French-Canadian culture. There's no embellishments or cultural nostalgia.

Instead, Moogk's research drives home the difficult circumstances of French history in North America.

Moogk teaches early French North American history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.He's a citizen of both England and Canada.He's not a French-Canadian but he attended McGill University in Montreal for a brief time and he speaks French.

One reason he wrote La Nouvelle France was because he wasn't happy with what his students were learning about French-Canada.Popular Canadian histories assume that New France has no influence upon the present.The French Regime is presented as colorful but not serious. It's a sequential era of heroic missionaries, valiant warriors, explorers and hardy fur traders.

But the French-Canadian culture is more complex and impressive than what's currently portrayed, he says.

Not surprising, La Nouvelle France generated some criticism from French-Canadian history reviewers, he says.

"Reviewers are critical of my analysis of the French separatist movement in the last chapter," he says.In fact, reviewers prefer talking about the last chapter and thereby tend to dismiss the exhaustive historic research throughout the rest of the text, he says.

From a Franco-American point of view, the second chapter is most interesting. Moogk describes the special relationship during the colonial period between the French and Aboriginal people (i.e., Native Americans).In Canada, the Native Americans are now called "First Nations".

In French, the original common word for First Nations was les Sauvages, meaning "Wild People of the Forests".

"The word `Sauvages' was an old interpretation and wasn't a hostile word during the 17th and 18th centuries," says Moogk.

"I observed a healthy relationship between the French colonists and the Aboriginal peoples," says Moogk."The nature of the relationship couldn't be ignored," he says. Moreover, the special relationship was learned fromEuropean attitudes towards primitive people.Colonial French settlers accepted Aboriginal people, says Moogk, because the European aristocracy readers of Greek, and Roman classics and the Holy Bible believed in a lost world of innocence, like the Biblical Eden.

Colonial era Europeans believed les Sauvages lived a romanticized life in a golden and mythical world free to do as they pleased. They were supposedly relieved from the necessity of labor because they were surrounded by abundant food.

To 17th century Europeans, the Amerindians confirmed the classic beliefs that primitive people lost their innocence when they were corrupted by luxury and artificiality.

"I was struck by the number of stories about French children who were raised by the native people.It's nearly impossible to track, but the sprinkling of French children in the native culture is interesting", he says.

On a positive note, Moogk likes the compassionate nature of the French culture and the strong family ties.

La Nouvelle France is certainly a different perspective on the culture, sure to stir debate, as well it should. Juliana@MaineWriter.com ... Read more

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Coupland's odd humor and appreciation for his country blend well
You don't read Coupland for content, and you certainly don't read him to understand where he is coming from.Coupland is best read as a collection of highly eclectic - and in this case, almost loving - insights of a country he knows well.Like his previous book on Canada and the one on Vancouver, all of these stand as weird, human, insightful snippets of Canadian life.Its like a large relish tray - good snippets, but not all toyour personal taste.

a great little book
My familiarity with coupland prior to Souvenir of Canada primarily stemmed from Generation X and his City of Glass (his loveletter to Vancouver).Unlike his novel, Souvenir is utterly sentimental--even when seemingly critical.Not being Canadian, yet quite interested in Canadiana, I found Souvenir to be interesting on several levels, and I found myself not only enriching my knowledge of Canada, but also reflecting more deeply on the area in which I grew up--not so much America as a whole, which is a point inferred in the book as well.It's style makes it vastly readable: a series of photographs with relatively short passages with varying degrees of topic digression, yet all quite appropriate.I have often found myself picking Souvenir (and Souvenir 2) up again and again, thumbing through and randomly reading sections.I don't know what it is, but Coupland seems to have the knack for inviting the reader into a world and being a great host while you're there.

I might only add here that recently Coupland loosely turned his Souvenir books into a film of the same name, made somewhat in the same style.The film was great but does not include everything in both the books.

Clearly Canadian (though we're not alike!)
This collection of imagery and musings from Famous Canadian Writer Douglas Coupland didn't always strike a chord with me.I'm from a different part of the country, with different history and experiences, of course.

Yet enough was oddly, eerily familiar to convince me that there are few young writers better qualified to comment on the State of Our Nation than Coupland.Not as enjoyable as his fiction, but something fun to tide us fans over while we wait!

My opinion of this book is biased by my love of Canadians...
I was fortunate to have found this book a couple of years ago when I was in Vancouver,BC, and I was nothing but thrilled to see 1) a new Coupland book, 2) a book about Canada, and 3) a picture book for adults.And since I've had it I have found myself reading it several times.

Coupland fans who didn't like the "non-fiction journal" style of "Polaroids from the Dead" may not enjoy this book.But Coupland fans who vist his website for art as well as literature, or try to make gallery shows when Coupland's work is being displayed, will absolutely cherish this book.

Coupland spends anywhere from a couple of paragraphs to a couple pages talking about Canadaian facets like Cigs, Hockey, the Maple Leaf, Poutine, and the Trans Canadian Highway.

This is a must have for die hard Coupland fans, Canadians, US citizens who have spent any amount of time near the border, and everyone else in the know.

Like most souvenirs - neat but often misplaced.
I read this book in two sittings.The photograph compositions where clever and did evoke familiarity - good and bad - about Canadian images and icons.Coupland's ramblings though, are insights that I believe all Canadians feel or have felt at least once in their lives.Ironically I think this book would have the greatest resonance with non-Canadians, although judging by the few American reviews posted, this suggestion may prove to be a stretch. ... Read more

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This thoroughly revised edition of 'Canada and the United States: Differences that count' continues to address in a timely way key institutions and policy areas, adding new chapters on gun control, electoral participation, the implications of race and language, political culture, and the role and impact of political negotiations. As in the first edition, the book does not assume that differences are increasing or decreasing or that one country is "better" than the other. In a straightforward and readable manner the book looks at the Canadian way and the American way of doing things. From health care to gun control; from imnmigration policies to those dealing with Aboriginal peoples; from tax regulations to gender-based restrictions; from entertainment and culture to prime ministers and presidents - there are as many differences as there are similarities in the way we do things. And not infrequently it turns out that the similarities and differences are not as we h! ave assumed them to be. Here, leading authorities compare and contrast the Canadian with the American experience. They do so in the hope that they can thereby contribute to a better understanding of the similarities and differnces: that policy makers, students, and ordinary citizens in each of the two countries may learn from the experience of the other. ... Read more

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Adventure of a Lifetime!
Isobel Scott is a Selkirk settler and she is struggling with her family to finally be able to live at The Forks. With his wife dead, Isobel's widowed father marries an Native, White Loon. This new family tries to survive the feezing winters and boiling summers on a harsh journey to live at The Forks. Find out if the Scotts actually make it to the Red River Settlement by reading this great novel!

A good book from the Dear Canada series.
This book is one of the Dear Canada series, which are historical novels, written in diary format, about fictional girls during different periods of Canadian history.

Twelve-year-old Isobel Scott begins her diary at sea in July 1815, as her family travels from Scotland to Canada, hoping for a better life. Her mother has just died, and Isobel feels lost without her. When they finally reach Canada, a long journey overland to where they will settle still lies ahead. After two months they finally reach their destination, only to be told they must turn back because there are not enough supplies for them to spend the winter there. Isobel continues to describe in her diary her life over the next year as her family suffers many hardships while trying to build their new life.

This was a very good book from the Dear Canada series, although not among my top favorites. I really enjoyed the early 1800s setting, and Isobel's diary narrative was interesting and moved along well. I'd recommend this book to readers who enjoy historical diary fiction.

Footsteps in the Snow
This is the diary of Isobel Scott.On the way over from Scotland, Isobel's mother dies.The reason her family came over is that they could have a better life.Isobel thinks of Mansions and servants... she was definately wrong!She found a diary in her mother's trunk and decided to write it in her mother's memory and that's how this starts.Isobel has an older brother named James, and younger brother named Robbie.Isobel pretty much takes over the job of being their mother by washing, mending things, etc.and she doesn't play or have fun like a young ought to.Kate, a girl she met on the ship, will not stop bugging and pestering her.Later in the diary Isobel starts to feel sorry for her and finds out why she does that, well, the pestering.On their journey, the company meets a village of Native Americans and befriend eachother.That is when she finally gets to have some fun and compete in a few games, and actually laugh.She also finds that she doesn't care that much for being waited upon, or having grand parties, but is fine the way she is living now.She also befriends a young Indian woman named White Loon... I better not say anything else!I hope this was helpful... it probably wasn't, buy hey, it works! ... Read more

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Revised and updated with new photographs Alberta is sure to make an ideal souvenir and a lasting memory.

About the Canada series:

As expansive as Canada itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities. Each volume focuses on a city or province and features 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus descriptive captions.

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For the ardent collector and (or anyone who once owned a doll, here is a history of the dolls that have been made and loved in Canada.

Doll collecting, a popular pursuit in Europe and the United States, has been growing rapidly in Canada. Evelyn Strahlendorf has compiled a reference work that traces the development of dolls in Canada and of the industry that produces them. It contains the dates, names, and characteristics of about 1000 Canadian dolls from prehistoric times to the present.

Coverage begins with Inuit and other native dolls, then turns to the dolls that have survived from the days of early European settlement and the dolls of several of the ethnic cultures which make the Canadian mosaic. Much of the book is devoted to the work of commercial dollmakers and the evolution of their dolls, including the history of each company with information about their products, progress, and achievements. The manufacturing process is examined as it developed from bisque and composition through various plastics to the dolls of today.

Separate chapters deal with dolls that portray celebrities (including Barbara Ann Scott, the Dionne quintuplets, and Wayne Gretsky), dolls that are more than playthings (used in displays or advertising), the Eaton's Beauty dolls that were the most popular dolls in Canada for many years, and dolls created by artists.

The dolls reflect the changing fashions and culture of Canada. Their clothing is often the latest in style and materials; their abilities not only include talking, wiggling, and drinking but in recent years extend to bilingualism.

With few exceptions, every doll described has been personally examined by the author.

This book is a valuable reference tool for doll collectors, museums, libraries, antique dealers, doll stores, and flea market operators. Because Canada has been exporting dolls for half a century, it will benefit collectors internationally as well.

It is also intended for a special class of enthusiast Mrs. Strahlendorf calls the closet collector. There are tens of thousands of such people in North America who have dolls and may collect dolls but do not admit their pleasure to others.

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Please contact Fred Strahlendorf at e-mail address listed
Can not obtain book, but would like author to contact a namesake as listed in summary. ... Read more

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"This is at once a patriotic tribute by an adopted 'native son,' and an introduction to Canada for children in the U.S. Originally published in Canada . . . this new version has the same extraordinary illustrations . . . but the all-English text has been expanded to include several informative paragraphs about each province.. . . A beautiful picture book." -- School Library Journal ... Read more

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A beautiful tribute to my beloved country
This book is wonderful for children and adults alike.Ted Harrison's beautiful paintings bring to life the words to the national anthem of Canada and refect my glorious country in all it's majesty.A must-have foranyone who loves Canada! ... Read more

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The European Commission presented a strategy that would allow EU companies to compute their EU tax base under a single set of tax rules at the EU level and use a common formula to distribute this tax base across the individual Member States.

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Drought, floods, hurricanes, forest fires, ice storms, blackouts, dwindling fish stocks...what Canadian has not experienced one of these or more, or heard about the “greenhouse” effect, and not wondered what is happening to our climate? Yet most of us have a poor understanding of this extremely important issue, and need better, reliable scientific information. Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada delivers some hard facts to help us make some of those hard choices.

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Covering Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Southern Labrador and Cape Breton Island, this travel guide to the Atlantic Provinces is the most comprehensive on the market. It takes in everything, from the Fundy Coast and the Acadian Peninsula to the fjords of Gros Morne and Lord Baltimore's Lost Colony. Hiking, trout and salmon fishing, skiing, snowmobiling, cycling, kayaking, exploring, puffin spotting � discover all these adventures and more in a world of pristine waters, rugged slopes, breathtaking seascapes, sophisticated cities, historic towns and remote wilderness areas. The book also offers details on the local wildlife, including moose, caribou, bears, seals and whales. Complete restaurant and hotel information. Photos and maps. Fully indexed. ... Read more

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A Great Travel Companion for the Outdoor Enthusiest in Nova Scotia
In planning a trip to Nova Scotia (somewhere I have never been) I used this book extensively.We enjoy hiking, kayaking and general sight-seeing.This book not only provided information on outdoor activities but also on lodging, dining and driving as well as the history of the areas in Nova Scotia.It provides a wealth of information and made our stay much more enjoyable than if we just went there not knowing anything.We brought it along and it was a very important reference for us as we toured the province.I highly recommend it.After reading several travel books, this was the best one and the only one we took on our trip.

Adventure Guide Review
This book is excellent.What I particularly liked was that it mentioned small walks that can be taken in the areas that we visited, as well as archeological sites and wildlife viewing areas, all in my areas of interest. ... Read more