Over this past year I have received so many emails asking if I could share the itinerary for the trip that I took last fall with one of my dearest friends through New England, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Sometimes when you are planning a trip and want to travel through so many different places it can be hard to figure out the distances between destinations, what is worth seeing, and where to even start. Both Ali and I were thrilled with our itinerary (although we both said we would have added at least an extra day in Nova Scotia if we could!) and I hope it will help those of you in the midst of your own planning. This trip was a dream and a definite once-in-a-lifetime trip and the iteniary just flowed, hit all of the Anne spots on the island (plus allowed us the opportunity to see other sites too) and it was so much fun! I hope that it will be helpful for you. This is a 7-day itinerary but could absolutely be altered for all different time frames: Day 1: Boston, Massachusetts // Cape Neddick, Maine // Freeport, Maine // Camden, Maine Ali and I met up on Saturday morning, September 30th in Boston. I had driven in the night before and then picked her up in the morning as she flew in on an early flight. We had a busy day and we were driving approximately 3 and 1/2 hours north to Camden, Maine with stops in Cape Neddick and Freeport. Key Things to Do & Where to stay I definitely recommend visiting the Cape Neddick Lighthouse and also taking the Maine Schooner Olad Sunset Cruise. Both things were really wonderful and added to our experience in Maine. We stayed at the Lord Camden Inn, which was amazing! You can read more about it HERE! I definitely recommend it for its location and the price in this area. To read more about our first days adventures, check out my posts below: // Cape Neddick Lighthouse // // Freeport Maine Library // // Maine Schooner Olad Sunset Cruise // // Lord Camden Inn Review // Day 2: Camden, Maine // St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick // On Sunday, September 31st, we spent some time walking around and exploring Camden, Maine before heading north (about 4 hours with the border crossing) to St.Andrews-By-The-Sea in New Brunswick. Key Things to Do & Where to stay This day seemed to be filled with a mixture of sweet and lovely adventures. From walking through Camden to exploring a lake we saw in the distance to driving on the ocean floor it was a full and fun day! If you go to St.Andrews-by-the-Sea, I definitely recommend driving across Minister's Island (this is also FREE to do!)! It was an amazing experience! I also recommend eating at Kingsbrae Gardens! To read more about our adventures from day 2, check out my posts below: Maine: // Maroon Swing Dress & Boots // // A Walk Through Downtown Camden Maine // // A Drive Through Beautiful Maine and a Lesson to Never Stop Exploring // St.Andrews-By-The-Sea: // A Drive Across the Ocean Floor to Minister's Island // // A Walk through St. Andrews By the Sea // // Kingsbrae Gardens // // Purple and White Midi Dress in the Garden // // The Algonquin Resort Review // Day 3: St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick //Saint John, New Brunswick// Prince Edward Island On Monday, October 1st we left St. Andrews-by-the-Sea very early and headed up to Prince Edward Island, with a quick stop in Saint John to visit the stone church and grab some supplies from the famous Saint John's market. We then headed north to the island (taking the confederation bridge to enter) and checked into our adorable and historic inn, before heading to Tingish for dinner. The drive itself took about 4 hours and then an extra 2 for our trip to and from Tingish. It was a full but amazing day! Key Things to Do & Where to stay If you are interested in finding out practical information for getting on and off Prince Edward Island click HERE! We went to the Wind & Reef restaurant for dinner (which I definitely recommend!) and stayed at Montgomery Inn at Ingleside which was amazing! To read more about our adventures from day 3, check out my posts below: Saint John: // St. Johns Stone Church // // St. Johns City Market // Kensington, Prince Edward Island: // Practical Information for Getting on and off the Island // // Confederation Bridge // // Montgomery Inn at Ingleside // // A Look Inside Montgomery Inn at Ingleside // // Senators Suite at Montgomery Inn at Ingleside // Tingish, Prince Edward Island: // The North Cape (Tingish) // // Wind & Reef Restaurant // Day 4: All things "Anne of Green Gables"// Prince Edward Island On Tuesday, October 2nd we headed out to explore all of the "Anne" things we could on the island. It was a full and fun "girly" day and we loved all of the adventures we had! Key Things to Do & Where to stay It truly depends on what you want to see and do in your time on the island. As you can see from the picture map above there are lots of different places that host things related to Anne and L.M. Montgomery on the island. While the island is small, it takes time to get places and you should factor that into your plans. A note to those who may read reviews about disappointing "Anne" experiences: As I said in a post about the Anne of Green Gables Museum... I will be honest that I feel that some of the reviews are pretty accurate and fair. If you go into the PEI looking for information solely from the movie or even the books Anne of Green Gables I think that you may be disappointed with the entire experience. Many items that are Anne sites cover more about L.M. Montgomery than about things related to Anne or if they were it is definitely only the book. I think that this is important to note ... it didn't change our experience, but I definitely felt it was fair to mention. To read more about our adventures from day 4, check out my posts below: // Anne of Green Gables Museum // // L.M. Montgomery Birthplace // // Green Gables Heritage Home // // Green Gables Walking Trails // // A Lighthouse Adventure // // A Walk on the Beach Beside the Rugged Cliffs // Day 5: Prince Edward Island On Wednesday, October 3rd we headed out to explore some other parts of the island. We went to Dalvay-by-the-Sea (which was gorgeous!), spent some time in Charlottetown and saw the "Anne and Gilbert" musical (which was phenomenal!). Key Things to Do & Where to stay We loved seeing Dalvay and had I to do again I probably would have explored this area more since it was so picturesque. We also enjoyed our time in Charlottetown and I would highly recommend eating at Casa Mia Cafe (the food was probably one of my favorite meals of the trip!) and seeing the Anne & Gilbert Musical. A quick note of warning- depending on the time of year you go to Charlottetown the stores do close quite early (most were closed by 6pm!). Another thing to note is that depending on the time of year you go only certain musicals are available so keep that in mind too! There is also a charming bookstore which we loved exploring too! To read more about our adventures from day 5, check out my posts below: // Dalvay By the Sea // // Anne & Gilbert the Musical // // Charlottetown, PEI // Day 6: Prince Edward Island//Halifax, Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg, and a drive through Nova Scotia On Thursday, October 4th we sadly left PEI to start heading home and made our way to Nova Scotia. I will be honest with you and say that I fell in love with Nova Scotia and would love to travel back in the future. It was simply stunning. We spent the day literally driving through Nova Scotia. Above is the map route that we followed. Key Things to Do & Where to stay One of my favorite parts of driving through Nova Scotia was just seeing all of the beautiful land and places. I said this in my posts but there was just this "wild and free" atmosphere of it that was stunning in a completely different way than any place I had ever seen before. As I said I would definitely love to go back and spend more time. I was so glad though that we visited the Halifax fort, saw Peggy's Cove (an absolute favorite spot!) and the lighthouse. Our drive was long that day (we got up around 3:30 in the morning to catch our ferry and didn't get back to our hotel (after grabbing dinner in Yarmouth) until about 9:30pm, but it was a good and lovely day. To read more about our adventures from day 6, check out my posts below: // A Drive Through Stunning Nova Scotia // // Sunrise Ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia // // Halifax Citadel // // Peggy's Cove // //Peggy's Cove Lighthouse // // Lunenburg // Day 7: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia // Portland, Maine// Boston, Massachusetts. On Friday, October 5th we took the CAT ferry ride from Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine and then drove down to stay at a hotel right outside of Boston (where Ali had a flight the next day and I drove home on Saturday). The ferry ride was a practical suggestion and one that allowed us to make the circle and I was glad that we chose to do it. A must see is definitely the Portland Head Light house and the weather was beautiful as we saw it in the late afternoon. That evening we grabbed some take out food and then watched a movie. It was a relaxing travel day and a beautiful one due to the ferry ride. Key Things to Do & Where to stay The CAT Ferry is a wonderful option for those who want to make the loop as we did. To read more about our adventures from day 7, check out my posts below: // Ferry Ride from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine // I hope that this was helpful and answers the most frequently asked questions that I receive! Please let me know if I can answer anything else specifically!

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Like many other Americans with New England ancestry, I have some ancestral lines that went from New England, to Nova Scotia and back to New England with “The Planter Movement”. This migration happened after the Acadian Expulsion of 1755, when the French Protestants were forced to leave Nova Scotia. The area was re-populated with foreign Protestants and New Englanders. Some New England Loyalists removed to Nova Scotia after the American War of Independence. Other New Englanders of French extraction had their ancestors leave Nova Scotia after 1755 and arrive in the “Boston States”. Later, some of these Planter families came back to New England after several generations. The migrations back and forth, or from one country to the other continue until present times. If you look at the maps of New England and the Canadian Maritime provinces, you can see that traveling by water made these two regions very easily accessible to each other. I had ancestors from Cape Cod, Connecticut and Boston’s North Shore travel to Nova Scotia by water. In 2007 I traveled from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by ferry to trace my roots. My route was the same one traveled by my ancestors, although they used coastal sailing vessels instead of a modern catamaran ferry. If you have ancestors from Nova Scotia, or if you area resident of Nova Scotia with New England roots, it pays to become acquainted with the history of the two regions. There are basic outlines of the Planter Movement, the Acadian Expulsions, the Revolutionary War Loyalists and Ulster Scots migrations online starting with short sketches at Wikipedia to more lengthy records at the Nova Scotia Archives website. You don’t have to travel to Nova Scotia to trace your roots. Here is a list of helpful steps: 1) Try online searches at websites such as FamilySearch.org and Cyndislist.com to become familiar with the databases available for free and for subscription on the web 2) Search out genealogy societies such as the Canadian American Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire or local genealogy clubs 3) There are many websites and blogs available for Nova Scotia research such as Lucie LeBlanc Consentino’s “Acandia Ancestral Home” blog or check out the forums on Facebook for Nova Scotia genealogy 4) There are books on Loyalists, Acadians, Planters and I listed some below If you would like to plan a "genea-jaunt" (research trip) to Nova Scotia you should try to do as much research at home ahead of time. Map out the villages where you ancestors lived so you can plan your driving route, and research the times and hours of the local repositories of records. Most archives will be closed on a Sunday, but we planned to be at the Baptist church in Billtown on that day, where my 2nd great grandfather, Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill, had been the minister, or use that day for cemetery hunting (cemeteries don't close on Sundays). Don't forget to photograph where your ancestors lived, worshipped, went to school, and all the local landmarks. The Billtown, Nova Scotia Baptist Church where my 2nd great grandfather was the pastor. We drove our car and traveled by ferry to get here in 2007 Nova Scotia is accessible by air to Halifax, or by ferry from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Driving is a long trip, through Maine and New Brunswick, but a worthwhile route if you also have New Brunswick ancestors. We decided to drive one way (because Reverend Bill was buried in St. John, New Brunswick), and to take the ferry the other way because I had many ancestors in Yarmouth as well as in Billtown and Lunenburg. We also visited Louisburg because I had many ancestors fight in the several attempts by New Englanders to overtake the French fort there. Sources: Dictionnaire Genealogique des Families Acadiennes by Stephen A. White, 2 volumes, 1999 Planter Nova Scotia 1760 – 1815, by Julian Gwyn, 2010 New England Planters in Maritime Provincial Canada, by Judith Norton, 1993 Nova Scotia Archives http://novascotia.ca/archives/ (formerly Public Archives of Nova Scotia) The New England Planters website http://www.cyberus.ca/~bharvey/planters.shtml The New Englanders in Nova Scotia database at the New England Historic Genealogical Society website (membership needed). This database has 48,155 names from more than 650 families of Planters and Loyalists http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=096&Da=398 Nova Scotia GenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/ Planters Studies Centre, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada Chair: Stephen Henderson Email [email protected] http://libguides.acadiau.ca/content.php?pid=4546&sid=27820 Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia http://novascotiaancestors.ca/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NovaScotiaAncestors Family Search Nova Scotia Genealogy Records https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Nova_Scotia_Online_Genealogy_Records American Canadian Genealogy Society, Manchester, New Hampshire http://www.acgs.org/ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino’s “Acadian Ancestral Home” blog http://acadian-ancestral-home.blogspot.com/ Gail Dever’s “Genealogy a la Carte” blog http://genealogyalacarte.ca/ Lorine McGinnis Schulze’s “The Olive Tree Genealogy” website, Nova Scotia resources page http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ns.shtml Nova Scotia Genealogy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/novascotiagenealogy/

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Happy Friday friends! I hope that you have had a wonderful week and are excited for this weekend! Today I am excited to share with y'all a little bit about our time at the Port of Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada. While I didn't know much about Sydney before this trip I had always wanted to visit the Cape Breton area of Canada and so I was excited that this would be a stop on our cruise with Holland America. Like many people we chose to do a cruise excursion that went into the Cape Breton area, but I thought it was important to do a post about the Port of Sydney itself as I couldn't find much about it when I was researching for our cruise. It truly is a delightful port with a lot of things to do and we had a lovely couple of hours exploring a few things that I definitely want to share with y'all for those that might take the same cruise we did! I found this above map online and thought that it was so cute in showing how the port is laid out and looks! You can see that there are so many different things right within walking distance, including visiting St. Patrick's church which is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Cape Breton. If you are into architecture you could also take a walking tour of Old Sydney (right near the ship dock) and see buildings that were constructed in the late 18th century. For those who are American Revolution historians you may know that Old Sydney was actually founded by Loyalists who were fleeing during and after the American Revolution. All of this to say that this port has lots of history to walk and explore right near the ship! Right when you disembark you will have the Joan Hariss Cruise Pavilion right in front of you. This area holds lots of concerts, events, etc. and when we were docked there were some musicians playing, an outdoor market that was neat to walk through and visit the different shops, and also beautifully relaxing to sit and take in the lovely scenery. A fun side note for those that love to get your passport stamped- you can do this on the first floor in the cruise pavilion! It is so cute and the stamp has a violin on it! It is really sweet! We opted to spend time off the ship and just enjoy the beauty after our excursion so we ate at the restaurant that is located on the 2nd floor of the cruise Pavilion, Flavor on the Water. I would say that the food was very good, different and really provided a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the beautiful day. Sadly, I can't recommend the service so much... the waitresses that we had were unfortunately not only rude to us, but to many of the people at different tables around us (almost seeming to be frustrated with having the cruise ships there) so the service was slow and left much to be desired. We even heard one waitress tell another waitress that she hated when the cruise ships docked. We were having such a lovely day and didn't want it to be spoiled with all of that negativity so we decided to change our order to a "to go order" (they weren't thrilled about it) and took our food down to the pavilion and it was perfect. All of that to say- I would recommend ordering to go and enjoying the food and not dealing with the strange and negative service. If you are wondering about how much time to reserve for the port (and also if you are planning to walk around Old Sydney for a little bit) I would say about 1-3 hours depending on how long you want to eat and explore. If you are just going to go to the pavilion you won't need more than an hour. I hope that is helpful! Thank you so much for reading! Please let me know if you have any questions about the port or our cruise with Holland America! It was simply lovely! You can read about all of our adventures on our cruise with Holland America by clicking HERE!

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