Exploring Canada's Scenic Maritime Provinces

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island all offer picturesque fishing ports, dramatic seacoasts and pristine landscapes, as well as superlative fish and seafood. Owing to an excellent network of highways and ferries, the ideal way to see the region is a circular tour by car. Before setting out, I did not expect to return with a galaxy of highly rated discoveries. This proved to be the case, but my trip was nonetheless exceptionally enjoyable and worthwhile.

A two-hour flight northeast of New York, Halifax is the center of commercial and financial life in the Maritimes. Founded in 1749, it remains a small city of some 298,000 inhabitants, and its heart is still the waterfront, around which a collection of neighborhoods has coalesced. It is an appealing place, worth a visit for its own attractions, as well as for being convenient to the charming towns on the so-called “South Shore” of Nova Scotia.