Canada's East Coast

The tide surges in, resolved to fight its way back into the bay. You run up the steep staircase, hoping to beat the rising sea to the top of the cliff. A yelp as a squirt of water splashes your side. The sea waits for no one.

Folks here know its rhythms, live by them. Its sway tells fishermen when to cast their nets, when to retreat. It keeps tempo for the old-timer playing the fiddle and the young dancer stepping to an old Gaelic jig.

In rollicking pubs from Halifax to St. John's, the infectious cheer of hearty maritimers buoys your spirit and raises the roof. Conversations come as easy as a pint of local brew sliding down the bar. You can't remember the last time you sang so loud or laughed so hard.

Top things to do on Canada's East Coast

Reversing Falls Jet Boat Rides (English and French only)
Carleton Martello Tower (English and French only)
Hopewell Rocks (English and French only)
Fundy Trail Parkway (English and French only)
Grand Manan Island
Halifax Citadel (English and French only)
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The Lower Deck Pub
Fisherman's Cove
Water-Prince Corner Shop
Confederation Trail (English and French only)
Signal Hill (English and French only)
Cape Spear (English and French only)
The Viking Trail
Gros Morne National Park (English and French only)
L'Anse aux Meadows Viking Settlement (English and French only)
Ceilidh at the Irish Hall

For more information visit

www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca (English and French only)
www.novascotia.com (English, French and German only)
www.gentleisland.com (English, French and German only)
www.newfoundlandandlabradortourism.com (English and French only)

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