Art Tour
Itinerary
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DAY 1:
The tour will begin in Halifax. Departing
Halifax, Musquodobit Harbour,Fox Island,
overnight Sydney
Artists: Luigi
Costanzo (sculptor), Robert Rutherford
(print maker), Steven Rhude (print
maker).
Halifax is the business,
educational and cultural center of Maritime
Canada. Here you'll find first-class accommodations,
fine dining, nightlife, art galleries (Zwickers
and Argyle Fine Art), museums, universities
and all the action of big city life. But
there are also beaches, parks, walking trails,
restored waterfronts and a small-town atmosphere
that make Halifax-Dartmouth the ideal cosmopolitan
experience. There's plenty of living history
here--from the firing of the noon gun at
the Halifax Citadel to the restored locks
of the Shubenacadie Canal. Historic churches,
houses and fortifications make Halifax-Dartmouth
an explorer's delight. Go for a boat ride,
a motorcoach tour or a rickshaw ride. Discover
our seafaring and military past. Or simply
spend the day watching the hustle and bustle
of the world's second-largest natural harbour.
(Right: picture of Halifax
Harbour)
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DAY 2: Fortress
Louisbourg in the morning, Cabot Trail
, Pleasant Bay ,Cheticamp ,overnight Margaree
Harbour.
Artists: Teena Marie Saunders
(print maker and home decor artist), Bruce
Aitken (water colorist), Dozay
(native artist)
There's
so much to explore along the Cabot Trail.
Cheticamp, on the western coast, is the
center of Acadian French heritage in the
area; the Acadian Museum there has fascinating
displays highlighting the early Acadian
history of the area. At St. Ann's, North
America's only Gaelic College features
displays on the region's early Scottish
settlers in the Great Hall of the Clans.
More recent history comes alive in Baddeck,
at the Alexander Graham Bell National
Historic Site, where visitors will marvel
at the scope and variety of Bell's genius.
(Left: picture of Pleasant
Bay)
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DAY 3: Ceilidh
Trail Inverness, Mabou Overnight Truro.
Artists: Berni
Thorneycroft (painter), Christene
Sandeson (painter and sculpture),
Carolyn Ritchie Bedford (painter)
At Margaree Harbour the
Ceilidh Trail, Route 219, on the left,
leads to Route 19 and the Canso Causeway.
The Cabot Trail continues by crossing
the Margaree River into Belle Cote, where
they celebrate Belle Cote Days in late
July, and going along the coast through
Terre Noire and Cap Lemoine. At Cap Lemoine
the scarecrow Theatre, an outdoor attraction
which consists of scarecrows depicting
various walks of life. Along the way through
St. Joseph du Moine, Grand Etang and Point
Cross, you will find a variety of gift
and craft shops.
(Right: Cabot Trail,
Cape Breton)
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DAY 4:
Rawdon Hills to Windsor, Annapolis Valley,
Bear River Overnight Digby
Artists: Charles
Couper (Pastel artist), Nancy Foster
(Bear Artist)
Artists have long been
attracted to the Valley's beauty, and
their many studios, shops and galleries
offer fascinating diversions along the
way. Inland, the lovely rolling countryside
holds special surprises. Like the legendary
lakes and rivers of Kejimkujik National
Park.
( Left: Alma on the Fundy
shores)
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DAY 5:
Yarmouth , Lunenburg, Halifax Tour terminates
Artists: Roger Beaudry
(color pencil artist), Lori Secouler-Beaudry
(photographer), Paul Hannon (painter),
Anna J. Scanlan(painter)
Galleries: Bay Life Art (painters
on Slate), Laurie Mireau (watercolorist),
Zwicker's Gallery.
The Lighthouse Route
weaves a special magic for nature lovers.
Stroll on warm, secluded beaches where
the air shimmers with salt spray and the
only footprints in the sand are yours.
Hike past quiet inlets where herons stand
motionless in the shallows, or along a
sandy cove where grey seals bask on the
offshore rocks.
(Right: Sunset in Nova
Scotia)
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