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The Hopewell Rocks is one of New Brunswick’s Top Attractions.  Open seasonally from mid-May to mid-October, the Hopewell Rocks is located along the coast of the Bay of Fundy, which is home to the world’s highest tides.

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The Carleton Martello Tower was originally built during the war of 1812 to guard the city from approaching armies, but was not complete until after the war.

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Lyse Doucet was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent.

She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.

She has a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree from Queen's University at Kingston. She also has an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from University College at the University of Toronto, an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of New Brunswick and an honorary doctorate in journalism from Universite de Moncton.

She is a fluent speaker of English, French and Farsi.

Lyse joined the BBC in the early 1980s in West Africa, and was based in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast for five years. She reported from Pakistan in 1988, and was based in Kabul from late 1988 to the end of 1989 to cover the Soviet troop withdrawal and its aftermath. She was the BBC Correspondent in Islamabad from 1989 to 1993, also reporting from Afghanistan and Iran. In 1994 she opened the BBC office in Amman, Jordan. From 1995 to 1999 she was based in Jerusalem, traveling across the Middle East. In 1999, she joined the BBC's team of presenters but continues to report from the field.

Lyse is often deployed to anchor significant news events from the field, and to interview key players. She played a leading role in the BBC's coverage of the "Arab spring", reporting from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. She has covered all major wars in the Middle East since the mid 1990s. Lyse has been a frequent visitor to Pakistan and Afghanistan since the late 1980s. Her work also focuses on the aftermath of major natural disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 which took her to India and Indonesia.

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Kevin Munroe was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada as Kevin Andrew Munroe. He is a writer and director, known for TMNT (2007), Ratchet & Clank (2016) and Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010). He has been married to Mignonne L. McKern since October 3, 2010. They have four children.

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Lyman Ward was born on June 21, 1941 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He is an actor, known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Independence Day (1996) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). He was previously married to Cindy Pickett, Leigh Heine and Cathy Gelbart.

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The final physical region of Canada if you travel from the west coast to the east coast is called the Appalachian Highlands, which is another name for the Atlantic Region. It may be the last of our physical regions discussed but it was the first physical regions that was re-discovered and inhabited by the early European settlers.

The area is located in all of the 4 maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador) as well as, the majority of the area known as the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, often referred to as the " Thumb of Quebec". The coastal climate varies throughout this region, but generally the further east you go, the warmer it gets. These areas are higher than the St. Lawrence, Great Lakes Lowlands (or region). The reason is because this area was a mountain range that formed millions and millions of years ago. Erosion and the movement of glacial ice wore these mountains down until what is left is an area full of rocks, many trees, rich soil, many lakes and coastal inlets. All of these wonderful resources add to the economy and development of the Atlantic Region.

Water is truly plentiful in this region which includes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well, as the Canadian coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Water always means tourism, as well, as transportation such as shipping industry, and hydroelectricity. Moreover, in this area of Canada, water also means the fishing industry. The fishing industry has a rich heritage in the maritime provinces. Canadians have been fishing the Grand Banks since John Cabot's discovery in 1497. Cod, halibut, herring , flounder, mackerel, lobster, scallops, sole, crab, shrimp and mussels are just waiting for you to sample. Unfortunately, since we've been over-fishing these areas since 1497, we've run into some problems of endangered species. The cod fish were nearly wiped out. Many fishermen had to get another job or else move away when they started to lose fish species. This, unfortunately, is an excellent example for all Canadians to observe. Our abundant resources found in the 6 physical regions will not last forever. We must all be careful.

The Rocks of the Appalachian Highlands provide minerals for Canadians to mine. Iron, zinc, and gold are a few of the minerals utilized and mined in the Atlantic Region.

The trees of this regions are important to tourism/recreation industry (hiking, camping) etc., as well as, they are used to produce pulp and paper. Most of the pulp eventually becomes our daily newspapers.

Oil has been discovered under the ocean floor here. The Hibernia oil field has helped boost the sagging economy of Newfoundland and Labrador because many out of work fishermen can go and work on the floating oil derricks found out in the ocean.

As we said before, there is also rich fertile soil found in some parts of this regions. The agricultural industry isn't as large here as in other regions in Canada, but livestock dairy, vegetables (PEI - potatoes), fruits ( Nova Scotia - blueberries and apples), and some grains are produced and exported to other parts of Canada, as well as, around the world.

The rich historical heritage and the maritime hospitality, traditions and cultures allow for the tourism industry to thrive. Have you read the book or seen the movie of " Anne of Green Gables" by LM Montgomery? Well, the entire setting celebrates the beauty of the Appalachian Highlands. It is worth the read!

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The final physical region of Canada if you travel from the west coast to the east coast is called the Appalachian Highlands, which is another name for the Atlantic Region. It may be the last of our physical regions discussed but it was the first physical regions that was re-discovered and inhabited by the early European settlers.

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Newfoundland & Labrador

Three times the size of the Maritimes put together, this province redefines the region as Atlantic Canada. It comprises the island of Newfoundland as well as Labrador on the mainland. The Maritimes share a kindred climate, history, and lineage, but Newfoundland is different. About half of the island is boreal forest, while much of the rest is rocky, barren, or boggy. The people, many of whom live in the capital, St. John's, in some ways seem more akin to their Irish or English forebears than culturally blended or archetypically Canadian.

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia typifies Atlantic Canada, with a dramatic, 7,459-kilometer-long coastline notched with innumerable coves and bays holding scores of picturesque fishing villages. It would be easy to spend an entire vacation exploring Nova Scotia, yet still leave feeling you hadn't seen everything.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is the largest of the Maritime provinces, but is the least known to outsiders. Although the province is mostly forested, it is its coastline and fertile Saint John River valley that attract the most attention.

Prince Edward Island

Little PEI ranks as Canada's smallest province, as well as its most densely populated, most cultivated, most ribboned with roads, and most bereft of original wilderness. PEI also has the country's smallest provincial capital- Charlottetown, with a population of just 33,000. Tourism revolves around Cavendish, but the island's low-key charm is found elsewhere, along rural roads that end at the ocean and drift through neat villages that have changed little over

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Three times the size of the Maritimes put together, this province redefines the region as Atlantic Canada. It comprises the island of Newfoundland as well as Labrador on the mainland. The Maritimes share a kindred climate, history, and lineage, but Newfoundland is different.

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The West Coast

British Columbia's coast is fortunate to have the most temperate climate in Canada. Warm airstreams from the Pacific Ocean keep the vegetation growing and the populace happy. It rarely snows in the low-lying areas, and the Coastal Range and the Rocky Mountains block the Pacific air from the Prairies. The moist air leaves the coast over the mountains, so it cools and falls on the western slopes in heavy amounts of rain and snow. The valleys between the mountain ranges experience hot summers almost completely devoid of precipitation.

The Prairies

The Canadian Prairies extend east from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes. Farming is out in force in these regions. Cold winters and humid, hot summers are the norm, with a tolerable amount of snow and rain. Spring showers and temperate autumn weather makes the Prairies one of the top grain-growing areas of the world.

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region

Over half the population of Canada lives near the Great Lakes or along the St. Lawrence River. Winter is very snowy and wind-chilled, while summers are humid and longer than elsewhere in Canada. Rainfall is sufficient to sustain some of the best farming areas in Canada.

Atlantic Canada

This region features one of the most rugged and most variable climates anywhere in the country. In winter, temperatures can vary wildly as Arctic air is replaced by maritime air from passing storms. Snowfall is relatively heavy, and fog is often present in spring and at the onset of summer. July is the warmest month with an average temperature of 16 to 18 degrees Celcius.

The North

North of the Prairies and the populated Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region is a vast boreal forest. This area is snow-covered most of the year, and summer lasts approximately two months. Above the tree-line lies the Arctic. Here, temperatures rise above freezing only a few weeks a year, and the ground remains permanently frozen.

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The West Coast British Columbia's coast is fortunate to have the most temperate climate in Canada. Warm airstreams from the Pacific Ocean keep the vegetation growing and the populace happy. It rarely snows in the low-lying areas, and the Coastal Range and the Rocky Mountains block the Pacific air from the Prairies.

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The Atlantic Provinces of Canada are on the far east coast of that country. Rugged and sparsely populated, the provinces have traditionally made much of their income from the area's large fisheries. This is changing in the region, as oil production, information technology, biomedical research, post-secondary education and tourism become more important for local economies.

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The first part of North America to be discovered by Europeans, Canada's four Atlantic provinces comprise a small group of islands and peninsulas on Canada's eastern coast. Though low in population and economically weak, they possess a proud, centuries-old culture that combines a distinct mix of British, Scottish, Gaelic and French customs, creating a unique, tradition-oriented people. Almost everyone in Canada claims to find Atlantic Canada quaint and interesting - even if few are exactly scrambling to live there.
Note: In most parts of Canada, it's common to use the term " Maritime provinces" or " the Maritimes" to refer to the provinces of Atlantic Canada. Within Atlantic Canada itself, however, the term " Maritime " is understood to exclude the province of Newfoundland, which has a somewhat different culture and identity from the rest of the Atlantic provinces, as we shall see.

Geography of Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada comprises a small collection of islands and peninsulas attached to the coast of eastern and extending into - you guessed it - the Atlantic Ocean. Together, they form a crude crescent-shaped bay known as the Gulf of St. Lawrence that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Quebec's St. Lawrence canal, which serves as Canada's busiest eastern trading port.

The Atlantic Canadian landscape is one of Canada's most recognizable, with pine forests, hills and dangerous rocky cliffs that have spawned - out of safety concerns - an iconic lighthouse industry. Since the region is surrounded by water, coastal areas can be particularly cool, wet and foggy with cold, stormy winters (raincoats are another proud Maritime icon) and mild, pleasant summers. Interior, or inland regions, by contrast, tend to be considerably drier, and in winter months receive some of the largest snowfalls in Canada.

In contrast to the other provinces, the four Atlantic Canadian provinces are all quite small with sparse populations. Most can be driven across in only a couple hours.

History of Atlantic Canada

Like much of eastern Canada, the Maritimes originally belonged to the French. Established in 1604, the royal French colony of Acadia encompassed all the modern-day Atlantic provinces, and was one of the Empire's most strategically useful outposts as the gateway to North America. Of this fact nearby British settlers were extremely jealous, and the two powers fought back-and-forth wars over the colonies for most of the 17th century, with the Brits finally securing control of most of the area in 1714, following the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Having acquired the region, Britain proceeded to deport all French colonists - also known as Acadians - in what is still remembered as one of the most shameful episodes of Canadian history. Though some Acadians would later migrate back, a lot of the deported wound up in Louisiana, and helped form that state's unique culture. The lovable term " Cajun " is descended from "Acadian," in fact.

Cleared of the French, the Acadian colonies remained mostly vacant until the aftermath of the American Revolution (1775-1783) sent a vast migration of pro-British Loyalist refugees northward, who turned the region into a thriving community of English loggers, fishermen and shipbuilders. By this point, the British colonial bureaucrats had divided and renamed the territory into the four regions we know today: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. By the mid- 19th century, all four colonies had won a high degree of self-government, but were also economically stagnant. The idea of forming a larger, self-governing colonial federation with Ontario and Quebec as a path to greater prosperity was proposed, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed two of Canada's first four provinces in 1867. Bankrupt PEI jointed in 1871, but Newfoundland refused, and remained an independent, self-governing British colony until 1949.

Throughout the 20th century, all of the Atlantic provinces struggled with serious economic problems and remain the poorest regions of Canada to this day. The "root cause" of Maritime poverty is obviously quite a controversial and much-debated topic, but an undeniably factor has been the decline of many of their traditional industries, such as fishing, forestry and shipbuilding.

Nova Scotia

A large peninsula shaped like the lobster claws it's famous for, Nova Scotia is the biggest and wealthiest of the four Maritime provinces. Home to Halifax Harbour, Canada's main Atlantic port, Nova Scotia was originally known as a hub for shipbuilding and naval bases, as well as a welcoming point for many European immigrants, embodied by its famous Pier 21 - Canada's answer to Ellis Island. In the 20th century, the provincial economy was tied to two notoriously unsustainable natural resource industries - coal and fishing - and by the 1990s both had collapsed. Today most residents work in tourism or the service sector.

Over 70 per cent of Nova Scotians live in coastal communities with half of the provincial population located in two large cities: Halifax, which is on the main peninsula, and Sydney, on Cape Breton Island to the north. Nova Scotia's geography is generally sloping, with the eastern half of the province dominated by hills and forest-covered mountains, while the western half houses flat plains and farmland. The provincial coast features rocky beaches covered with massive grey stones, washed smooth after thousands of years of lapping waves.

Latin for " New Scotland," Nova Scotia has been the historic home of a colourful Maritime culture spread by immigrants from England, Scotland and Ireland. Well into the 20th century, it was not uncommon to come across rural Nova Scotian families who spoke Gaelic as their first language, and musicians like Ashley MacIsaac (b. 1975) and Natalie MacMaster (b. 1972) have kept a distinctive Celtic tradition of aggressive fiddle-playing alive and popular.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is a square, mountainous province best-known for its southern coast, the Bay of Fundy, which is home to the highest tides in the world, iconic "flowerpot rocks," and thriving communities of humpback whales and dolphins. Most New Brunswickers live in the cities of Saint John (not to be confused with Saint John's, which is in Newfoundland) and Moncton. The provincial capital of Fredericton, unusually, sits a somewhat distant third.

Unlike their compatriots in the other Maritime regions, many New Brunswick Acadians (French-Canadians) were allowed to return to their province following Britain's mass deportation of French settlers in the 1750s, and to this day, northern New Brunswick retains a significant population of French-speakers. In 1969 New Brunswick declared itself Canada's first officially bilingual province, and it's estimated more than 30 per cent of New Brunswickers speak French as their first language - the largest percentage outside of Quebec.

With upwards of 85 per cent of the province covered by forest, logging and shipbuilding have been the traditional backbone of the New Brunswick economy, though both have steadily declined in recent decades. Today, the New Brunswick economy is known for being significantly dominated by the family-run J.D. Irving corporation, which has come to control a vast array of industries, including lumber mills, gas stations, convenience stores, newspapers, and TV stations.

Prince Edward Island

A small crescent-shaped island located in the gulf between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, PEI (as it's known) occupies a mere 5,700 square kilometers of land and contains only 140,000 people making it by far Canada's smallest province. It has long struggled to achieve national attention as a result, beyond jokes about its size.

PEI was originally little more than a floating plantation owned by absentee British landlords, who drove property values up so high no one could afford to live there. This single issue dominated the island's early history, with the colony first refusing (1867) and then agreeing (1873) to join Canada in an effort to get Britain to solve the problem. The population continued to remain low into the 20th century due to a general lack of industry beyond potato farming and fishing.

Due to its small size, virtually all of Prince Edward Island is developed and inhabited, with about a quarter of all residents living in the capital city of Charlottetown and the rest scattered about in small villages across the island. Sprawling green plains, red sandstone cliffs, deciduous forests, and old-fashioned clapboard houses have helped turn the province into a tourist mecca for those seeking quaint Atlantic charm - which has, in turn, helped keep the provincial economy afloat.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland traces its founding all the way back to 1583, when the British explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1537-1583) claimed the rocky island as Britain's first overseas colony. The British proceeded to go to great lengths to prevent people from actually living there, preferring to use the colony as a powerful naval base through which they could control much of the lucrative American fishing industry. Only in the 19th century did full-scale settlement begin, and as the colony's population of British settlers steadily grew, Newfoundland gradually gained political independence from Britain much the same way Canada itself did. Consistently refusing to join Canada, Newfoundland spent the years from 1855 to 1934 as a self-governing dominion of Great Britain, with its own prime ministers, national anthem, flag, Olympic team, and the rest.

Hit particularly hard by the Great Depression (1929-1933), Newfoundland gave up its independence in 1934 and agreed to once again be directly administered by the British for 15 years, before finally voting to join Canada in 1949. In the postwar era, a depletion of fish stocks and a failure to develop other industries doomed the new province to a seemingly perpetual state of recession, with high unemployment, poverty and welfare dependency. Only in recent years, with the discovery of oil off the provincial coast, has Newfoundland finally begun to escape from its long shadow of economic dysfunction.

Despite having recently celebrated their 60th anniversary as a province of Canada, Newfoundlanders (or " Newfies" as they are affectionately, or sometimes insultingly, known) still retain a number of unique cultural traditions from their long history of independence. They speak with different accents, use different slang, celebrate different holidays and eat many different foods than other Canadians, and retain a population that has far fewer immigrants and minorities than the rest of the country. Despite controversial government efforts to promote city living, the province's small population remains scattered around the island, with a very small minority of residents living in Labrador, a resource-rich chunk of northern Quebec that Newfoundland has long fought to keep under its control.

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The first part of North America to be discovered by Europeans, Canada's four Atlantic provinces comprise a small group of islands and peninsulas on Canada's eastern coast. Though low in population and economically weak, they possess a proud, centuries-old culture that combines a distinct mix of British, Scottish, Gaelic and French customs, creating a unique, tradition-oriented people.

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Winter will be rainier than normal, with slightly above normal temperatures and near- to below-normal snowfall. The coldest periods will be from late December into early January and in mid- to late January, with the snowiest periods in late December and early and mid-February. April and May will be rainier than normal, with near-normal temperatures. Summer will be warmer and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in early July and mid-August. September and October will be slightly warmer and drier than normal, despite the threat of a tropical rainstorm in late September.

About the Atlantic Canada Region

The Atlantic Canada long range weather region includes all or part of the following provinces: NEW BRUNSWICK (Bathurst, Edmundston, Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John), NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (Bay Roberts, Corner Brook, Saint John's), NOVA SCOTIA (Glace Bay, Halifax, Kentville, New Glasgow, Sydney Mines, Truro), PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Charlottetown, Summerside), QUEBEC (Baie-Comeau, Hauterive, Matane, Rimouski).

Atlantic Canada Neighboring Regions

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Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada which is made up of four provinces on the Atlantic coast: the three Maritime provinces - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - and Newfoundland and Labrador.