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Nova Scotia Beautiful Nova Scotia is almost an island, encircled completely by water except at its slender 16-km (10-mile) border with New Brunswick. As a consequence, the province's land and the culture of its people are profoundly defined by the surrounding seas. The  7,500-km
(4,660-mile) coastline is etched by the Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy,
Northumberland Strait, and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is speckled with
almost 4,000 rocky outcroppings and islands, the best known and the far
the largest of which is Cape Breton Island. Nova Scotia's interior
of farmland and thick boreal forest is only lightly inhabited; most Nova
Scotians live close to the sea, in coastal towns and in hundreds of little
seaports on the sheltered coves, harbors, and bays notching the shore.Canada's second smallest province (55,490 square km/21,425 square miles), Nova Scotia nevertheless offers visitors some of the region's best museums, as well as abundant opportunities for recreation, including biking and hiking, inland canoeing and sea kayaking, scuba diving, surfing, river rafting, sailing, fishing, and golf, just for starters. Events here are another draw.
Hundreds of happenings of one kind or another are scheduled annually, most
during summer. Many are linked to the Maritimes' seafaring traditions and
feature lobster bakes and sailboat races, whiles others celebrate
agricultural harvests, music, and the arts. Among the most colorful
festivals are those that tap into the ethnic spirit. The province's
Scottish heritage (Nova Scotia translates from Latin as New Scotland) is
held in such high esteem by its Highland cousins that the annual
International Gathering of the Clans festival alternates between Scotland
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