Travel to Nova Scotia

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There are few places that top Nova Scotia in the summer and fall seasons. Unlike the west coast of Canada Nova Scotia has more sunny days and better beaches. But best of all, Nova Scotia has the festivals. But don’t wait for the summer to get started when there are some amazing events beginning this week.

Silver Dart Centennial

Going on right now until the 24th is the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in the British Commonwealth that took place over the ice and in the skies above Bras D’Or Lakes. Backed by none other than Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, The Silver Dart flew in front of his summer home overlooking the lake and a replica will repeat the performance.

Events include:

• The Flight of the Silver Dart Centennial Anniversary Week,
• The Silver Dart Centennial Association’s Youth in Aviation Week
• Silver Dart Air Show
• Aviation Week takes place from August 16-22, 2009, at Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site.

Big Boats

The age of sail is revisited with the Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival on July 16-29, 2009. Over forty sail-laden ships from around the world will dock in Halifax, Nova Scotia to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.  But it doesn’t end there. After the Parade of Sail in Halifax on July 20, 2009 many of the ships will stick around and sail in to ports around Nova Scotia from Cape Breton down to Lunenburg.

Tattoo You

Included in the 37 events that take place in the festival season is the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo in the first week of July. The International Busker Festival will follow in August.

But it doesn’t end with the summer. In the autumn the Nova Scotia Fall Wine Festival kicks into gear as well as Celtic Colours in Cape Breton.

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Maple syrup comes from the sap of the sugar maple and is a rite of spring for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec provinces. It was was a staple of the natives of eastern North America before the arrival of the first European settlers. In fact, it was the Iroquois who found that cooking deer meat in the sap could preserve the it which led to maple-cured meats. Early French settlers from the native peoples how to tap trees to obtain sap and boil it down either to syrup or sugar slabs to store.

The sap starts in the spring as the days become warmer and temperature rises above 0°C (32F, or freezing ) during the day. A flow of sap that is tapped by drilling holes into the maple whereby the watery sap rushes out of these holes and into either a bucket or, in commercial use, a sap-flow system. This flow slows during the day and, in the evening, the tree produces more for the next day. During the 6 week season the tree will give up about 7% of its sap.

Canada produces about 79% of the maple syrup harvested every year and out if this Quebec accounts for 90%. However, expert chefs from all over Europe prefer the taste and texture of the syrup grown in Nova Scotia. There are large parties and tours dedicated to the maple harvest. One ritual around harvest time is to pour the watery sap over snow balls and eat them like a frozen treat.

For more information how you can participate in this spring festival got to Outdoors Nova Scotia

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