The above picture is of the Bay of Fundy.
The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world! A truly remarkable daily event seen along several rivers that flow into the Bay of Fundy, a tidal bore is a tumbling wave at the leading edge of an incoming tide. This wave is
seen along the Salmon River in Truro, Nova Scotia.

A tidal bore is a natural phenomena which takes place every day as the tide changes in the Bay of Fundy. The incoming tide from the Bay of Fundy surges into some of the rivers which spill into it. One such river is the
Salmon River in Truro, Nova Scotia ...

Fossil Cliffs Of Joggins, Nova Scotia

 Fossil Cliffs Geology Joggins Nova Scotia

The site of many fossil finds are the fossil cliffs of Joggins, a small town in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
If your interests lie in geology, then this is a must see destination in Nova Scotia. Turning over rocks at the foot of the fossil cliffs is a great pastime for those with a passion for geology. These fossil cliffs are found in the town of Joggins in Nova Scotia, Canada. 
Joggins is a Canadian rural community located in western Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. On July 7, 2008 a 15 km length of the coast constituting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List.
 
For temperature, Canada and all of Nova Scotia use Celsius instead of  Fahrenheit. Nova Scotia is in the shape of a lobster(isn't that weird). Nova  Scotia's provincial flower is the Mayflower, the provincial tree is the Red  Spruce. Nova Scotia's motto is "One defends and the other conquers". Nova Scotia  means"New Scotland" in Latin. Nova Scotia  has the most universities than any other province in Canada. Nova Scotia is the second smallest province in Canada. Nova Scotia includes  over 3,800 coastal islands. Most of Nova Scotia's communities are along the  coast. Nova Scotia has  Canada;s oldest African- Canadian community. The first  people were the Micmacs (Mi'kmaqs). John Cabot the explorer first visited Nova  Scotia in the year 1497.
 
  • Nova Scotia - claimed by John Cabot in 1497 is Britain's only colony
    named in Latin (New Scotland) by James I of England, VI of Scotland, in 1621. 
  • Acadia (Acadie - France - 1500's) - meaning "land of beauty" in
    Ancient Greece (Arcadia), similar meaning in Mi'kmaq
  • The Official Welcome: "Ciad Mile Failte" - (Key-ut-me-la falchuh),
    Gaelic for "One Hundred Thousand Welcomes
  • Motto: "One defends and the other conquers". - 1625
  • Flower: Mayflower
  • Dog: Duck Trolling Retriever (Canada's only true bred dog)
  • Tree: Red Spruce
  • Flag: Britain's first overseas, 1621
  • Berry: Wild Blueberry 
  • Tartan: The Nova Scotia Tartan is Canada's Oldest. In 1956, Nova Scotia became
    Canada's first province to have an official tartan approved by the Royal
    Registry in Scotland. Colors: 

  • Blue & White - The seas
    Greens - The forrests
    Red - The Royal Lion
    Gold - The Nova Scotia Royal Charter


  • Population - 930,000 (340,000 in Greater Halifax)
  • Joined Canada July 01, 1867 and at that time was Canada's wealthiest
    province
  • Government - Parliamentary System, 1758 
  • First Peoples till 1860's: The Mi'kmaq (Me-ga-ma), Vikings, French,
    Portuguese, Scots, English, Irish, German, Swiss, African 
  • The first European settlement north of Florida Joao Fagudes was
    granted permission to claim new territories for Portugal by the king in 1519. In
    1520 he sailed  Northeast and landed on the Northern shores of Cape Breton
    Island. He set  up a small settlement here to which the king funded but in 1523
    abandoned  the colony because of bad relations with the Micmac. This marked the
    end  of Portugues intrest in the North.This was the first European settlement 
    in North America after that of the Vikings 500 years before. The second was the
    French at Port Royal in 1605, where North America's first apple trees and grains
    and dandelions were planted and North America's first social club was
    established: "The Order of the Good Time", by Samuel de Champlain. Mattieu Da
    Costa was the First French Black here, in 1606, a hired assistant to
    Champlain. 
  • Scottish Gaelic - More Gaelic is spoken in Nova Scotia than in
    Scotland; North America's only Gaelic College is at St. Ann's, Nova Scotia; The
    Antigonish Highland Games are the oldest in North America.
  • Bluenoses: Nova Scotian's are proudly called "Bluenoses" or
    "Bluenosers" since the 1700's. Reason: Planting and exporting of Irish Bluenose
    Potatoes, blue marks on the noses of fishermen left by blue mitts, and the
    nickname given to the Nova Scotia British troops which occupied New York City
    and Boston during the American Revolution.
  • Bluenose Schooner - World Famous Lunenburg Tall Ship, 1921-1946;
    appears on the Canadian dime - 1937
  • Bluenose II - Canada's Sailing Ambassador, Lunenburg, 1963. It was
    built by the Oland family to promote Schooner Beer and was later given to the
    Nova Scotia Government where it has had a new life promoting Nova Scotia's past. 
  • Heritage Architecture
    • Halifax Citadel Fort
    • The Victorian Storm Porches
    • The 4 'Royal' Round Buildings and Province House (Canada's first Georgian
      building)
    • the widely found five sided Scottish Dormers
    • Lunenburg: famous "bumps" (extended dormers)
    • Annapolis Royal: Canada's oldest English and French wooden houses
      (1708-1712)
    • Pictou: Scottish buildings
    • Louisbourg Fortress: North America's largest restoration
    • Shelburne: Loyalist homes
    • Sherbrook Village Museum.

  • Famous Nova Scotia expressions:
    • The early bird catches the worm
    • Give and take
    • Live and let live
    • Raining cats and dogs
    • You're barking up the wrong tree
    • Facts are stranger than fiction
    • Quick as a wink
    • Jack of all trades, master of none
    • Honesty is the best policy
    • I wasn't born yesterday
    • Every dog has his day
    • Drank like a fish
    • What goes around, comes around
    • Hey Bud
    • A stitch in time saves nine (T.C.Haliburton
  • Quote from Joseph Howe: "A wise nation preserves its records, gathers
    up its monuments, decorates the tombes of its illustrious dead, repairs its
    greatest structures and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual
    references to the sacrifices and glories of the past."  
  • Quote from Alexander Graham Bell about Nova Scotia: "I have travelled
    around the globe. I have seen the Canadian Rockies, the American Rockies, the
    Andes and the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland; but for simple beauty, Cape
    Breton outrivals them all." - The Bells are buried in Baddeck, Nova
    Scotia


The above statistics were compiled and written by Allan Doyle of Tourism Nova
Scotia. 


Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy

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Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy will paint a mural from Aug. 9 to 11
at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Syliboy hopes people come out to
watch as he paints the five-metre-by-five-metre acrylic painting on a wall above
the Kids Works store in the airport’s main lobby. As he works with his
assistant, Pat Power, Syliboy will be accompanied by performances of his East
Coast Music Award-winning band, Lone Cloud. Flyhalifax.com will webcast the
creative act.


The Millbrook First Nation artist, who works out of his Truro
studio, has had over 40 exhibits. His work is known for its vibrant colours,
images inspired by Mi’kmaq petroglyphs and themes of family, searching,
spirituality, struggle and strength. His 12-panel mural, People of the Dawn, for
the 2010 Winter Olympics was permanently installed in the Trout Lake Community
Centre in Vancouver. His mural, The Dream Canoe, is at the new Antigonish
library. “Lots of people go to see it. I know public art can have actually a big
impact for the audience,” he said.


Visitors and Nova Scotians alike will learn more about Mi’kmaq
culture and heritage.