With gorgeous beaches (some with surf schools), provincial parks, and islands aplenty in and around Halifax, this city of 420,000 comes to life in summer. Mild-weathered Halifax, however, is an exception to that rule. Beginning summer 2023, amateur astronomers will be able to contemplate the stars from the comfort of their beds in the new sky watching dome accommodations.Ĭities may not be top of mind for travelers seeking the great outdoors. Overnight guests can camp in traditional trapper tents or bed down in style at the Métis-designed 40-room boutique lodge, opened in December 2021. It was also one of AFAR’s places to go in 2022. Outdoor activities include a guided visit to the wildlife park, home to elk, horses, and three types of bison stargazing and Métis storytelling or paddling in a replica Voyageur canoe down the North Saskatchewan River, just as Indigenous fur traders once did. Summer visitors can learn traditional Métis crafts such as beading, ribbon skirt-making or embroidering from Knowledge-Keeper Lilyrose Meyers. With 32 sections, it’s easy to jump on and off for a bit of exploration and culinary indulgence in foods like lobster rolls.Ĭanada’s first major Métis cultural destination, Métis Crossing, is a gathering place and interpretative center for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike, the perfect place to foster cultural understanding and reconciliation. Circumnavigating the perimeter of the island, it takes in beaches, PEI’s red dirt roads, scenic viewpoints, and ocean paths. Explorers can also enjoy the Island Walk, a 435-mile route opened in 2021. While many of the island’s beloved sand dunes suffered severe erosion as a result of Hurricane Fiona in 2022, the opening of the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation in St. Prince Edward IslandĬanada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island is a delicious summer cocktail of sweeping coastal views, red sandstone cliffs, and pristine beaches blended with fresh maritime cuisine and welcoming towns. It’s hard to whittle down such an immense and diverse country to just a handful or two of places, but here are eight of our favorite locations to spend a summer in Canada. That’s especially true in the summer, when the sun reveals all sorts of spots hidden during the winter. Petition to cease actions to change the name of the community of Oyster Bay to “South Bon Secour” or any other name and also cease actions to change the name of Plash Island to Hog Island or Bon Secour Island or any other name.With Canada covering 6,204,391 square miles and encompassing three oceans-and a huge variety of landscapes and cultures between them-there is plenty to see and do in the country. And to cease actions for signage to designate the name changes. This Petition is brought by many property owners and many life-long residents of the Oyster Bay/Plash Island community. We feel that these name changes would be detrimental to our property values and have a negative impact on our community image and cause confusion in maps, GPS, and community identity. Oyster Bay Community name change to “South Bon Secour” or any other name. Our community is known as Oyster Bay by both locals and visitors, alike. We are happy to have our own identity and consider it a positive. Making a name change would serve no purpose. “South” Bon Secour is a new designation and the names “North” and “South” Bon Secour were not used. Our community, is a 20 minute drive from Bon Secour. The community of Oyster Bay has never had a Bon Secour address. It has a Gulf Shores address and many of the properties were voluntarily annexed into Gulf Shores years ago. Our city water and sewer and also the police and fire protection are administered through the City of Gulf Shores. The actual town of Bon Secour, AL was always a larger more established community. It had its own school, Post Office, zip code, many churches, grocery stores and gas stations. The name of the only church was changed to Oyster Bay Baptist Church from Bon Secour in 1972. This resolved a lot of confusion between the two communities and the name, Oyster Bay, became more widely used. Previously, guest speakers and visitors would drive around lost in Bon Secour instead of coming to Oyster Bay.
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