Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!aluxe!2141smh From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Where to go in Atlantic Canada Message-ID: <180@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 17:37:23 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.180 Posted: Sat Jun 9 17:37:23 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 01:47:02 EDT References: <1807@rand-unix.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 69 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh First, I would get the AAA maps for the area you are going. They give the distance and time to go where you mention. I will retrace some of the trips I have made with my wife and inlaws to this fantastic region: Day 1.Boston to Quebec city via Jackman, Maine..................9 hours easy 3.Quebec city to Gaspe via St Lawrence seaway...............9 hours easy 4.Gaspe to Moncton via Campbellton..........................9 hours easy 5.Moncton to Charlottetown,PEI, via ferry...................3 hours 6.Charlettetown to Cape Breton via ferry to New Glasgow.....7 hours 8.Cape Breton to Peggy's Cove, NS...........................7 hours easy 9.Peggy's Cove to Kejimkujik National Park..................3 hours 10.Circle trip from Park via Yarmouth & Digby................8 hours 11.Kej. N.P. to Fundy National Park via Truro................8 hours 13.Fundy to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park via coast......6 hours 15.Bar Harbor to Boston via L.L. Beans(Freeport, Me).........6 hours Notes: Quebec City used to be the gem of eastern Canada but has become hostile toward English speaking tourists. Places that spoke English have forgotten how. Q.C. would require at least a day to visit the Citadel and Chateau Frontenac. See Musee Du Fort if you have time and like history. Gaspe is a beautiful drive and features cod fish tongues at Perce on the tip. While in Moncton, if you like gimmicks go to magnetic hill. On Prince Edward Island, Cavendish Beach is one of the best warm swimming beaches in the world. Plan on just driving through the countryside too. Don't miss the Cabot Trail, the coastal highway, at Cape Breton Highlands. I would allow at least a day here for that. Peggy's cove is a beautiful fishing village/artist colony. A real must for a quick stop. Kejimkujik National Park is very nice and worth a stop. From here you can take the circle drive around southern Nova Scotia to Yarmouth and back. Then over to Fundy National Park, my favorite. If it rains you can go to a craft school and make something. If it is nice you can hike, fish, swim, both fresh water and salt water, golf, lawn bowl, or just about anything you can imagine. Definitely a one day or more stop. Then a day in Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park is a must. Don't forget to stop in Freeport, Maine to shop at L.L.Beans. It is open 24 hours a day except Christmas. If you still have time in Boston see Government Center and Lexington and Concord. Regards camping and weather: This is a fantastic region for camping. If it rains and you want a motel it is best to look for a motel before dinner. After dinner things get full. The weather is very changeable on the east coast in general. You can have HOT, HUMID, WET, or nice. Usually it is nice but I was camping up there during hurricane Agnes. Hotel & B&B's: B&B's are espectially nice in New England and the Maritime Provinces. They are a little hard to find. You just have to look for their signs. Boston is a tough and expensive place to find a hotel. The Swiss Chalet motels are your best bet but still need reservations. In Quebec city I would recommend camping nearby. We have gotten into a hotel without reservations, but thought we were lucky..