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Almost here.....

by Shelagh Duffett, on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 | No Comments

I've got a pumpkin to carve but no skeletons to arrange:)

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Abandoned houses...two stories or a thousand?

by Cynthia Bragg, on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 | Comments (3)

I love abandoned houses and the mystery that surrounds them. They hold thousand stories from long ago.

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Upper Fundy land restored to Saltmarsh

by Terri McCulloch, on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 | No Comments

Anyone living in upper Bay of Fundy is quite aware that large tracts of our coastal land are currently protected from tidal inundation by dykes. The original dykes were built by Acadian settlers over 350 years ago to convert salt water marshes to farm land.

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Haunted Halifax and Beyond...OOOOoooOOOh!

by Cynthia Bragg, on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 | No Comments

It's my favourite time of year...all Hallow's Eve, or Halloween as we have come to know it. It's a time to embrace your inner ghoul, a time for goblin (preferably your favourite candy), and a time for a walk back through history.

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Exploring the Backcountry in Kejimkujik

by Jim Cyr, on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 | Comments (2)

My second trip to the park was to finalize the geocache locations and to place the containers in five locations within the park. Event participants can then use their GPS to find them along the trail

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Judique and the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre

by Phil Neville, on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 | No Comments

Thursday, September 30 was my second morning waking at the Tulloch Inn on the Western edge of Lake Ainslie.  I met Susan in the dining room.  Once again, we were the first guests to arrive for breakfast.  Keith took...

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People sunning on the ocean floor

by Terri McCulloch, on Thu, 21 Oct 2010 | No Comments

With all this crazy tide stuff we see some funny sights in these parts!

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Hikes around the Cabot Trail

by Joerg Knoerchen, on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 | No Comments

Here is our last blog while we are still in Nova Scotia. Four weeks, we thought, would have given us the chance to see all the things that Nova Scotia has to offer. Right now it feels like we arrived...

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October

by Shelagh Duffett, on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 | No Comments

Crisp days, cool nights, sharp mornings...

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Big Day Downtown in Halifax, Part 1

by Shelagh Duffett, on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | No Comments

I was given $100 to spend as I liked in downtown Halifax. Nice huh?

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