Pictou - The first Scots in Nova Scotia
Pictou played an important role in changing the history of the Atlantic provinces in Canada. This is where the first immigrants from Scotland came ashore at the end of the 18th century.
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Pictou played an important role in changing the history of the Atlantic provinces in Canada. This is where the first immigrants from Scotland came ashore at the end of the 18th century.
She towers proudly in the port of Pictou: the "Hector". When there is no wind, it is reflected in the water of the port of Pictou and gives us a picture from another time - more precisely the year 1773, when Scottish immigrants reached the coast of Nova Scotia.
Suddenly the beach road is no longer called Shore Road, but Belle Cote Beach Road. I find the Scottish-Acadian street names Chemin Old Grand Etang Road or Chemin McCarry Road in Saint Joseph du Moine even more beautiful. We have arrived in the Acadians region on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton.
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons In Midland there is a museum village, in which the life of the Iroquois Indians and Jesuits at the beginning of the colonization of Ontario is clearly shown. It has long been on the wish list of our travel destinations. Firstly because we are very interested in Indian culture and Canada's colonial history. On the other hand, because the [...]
In the Upper Canada Village you will immerse yourself in the history of Ontario. But that was not always so. In the middle of the 19th century, Ontario was still a rural province, where most of the people lived from farming and processing agricultural products.
If you want to drive the high alpine road to the Großglockner, you will pass Fusch am Großglockner. There is the toll station for the panoramic road through the Austrian Alps. The town is located at the northern end of the Glockner High Alpine Road in the Hohe Tauern National Park in Salzburger Land.
Canada's single malt whiskey is distilled at the Glenora Distillery & Inn on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. In addition to being a whiskey distillery, Glenora also has a hotel and restaurant with some of the best cuisine on the island.
At the VOX Hotel in Jönköping, the guest is important. We feel this in our luxury suite, during our tour of the hotel and during the meals we eat in the hotel restaurant. The guest should feel comfortable and find exactly the right room for their needs.
Cheese from the Waldviertel How to make cheese in the Waldviertel. We watched the cheese making in the Käsemacherwelt in Heidenreichstein in the Austrian Waldviertel. Actually, we came here by accident. During our visit to the Hotel Schwarz Alm in Zwettl, we went on an excursion through Lower Austria. As always, we were looking for [...]
Yukon Adventure It's something special, such a Yukon adventure! Traveling through the north of Canada is extraordinary and is likely to be different from most of the trips you have been on to date. The Yukon Territory is so sparsely populated that the region didn't even make it to the Canadian province. The territory has far too little for that [...]