Lobster fishing boats in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
There’s a great mix of traditional and not-so-tradition- are prime growing areas. al music at the annual Miramichi Folksong Festival and Chocolate from the Ganong Bros. chocolate factory, in Francofête en Acadie, both in New Brunswick. For the St. Stephen, NB, which is also the site of The Chocolate classically minded, there’s the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival, Lobster is served on also in New Brunswick, now Shediac Bay Cruise. in its 37th year. Photo courtesy Tourism Of course, in this oceanNew Brunswick. defined area there’s more than singing and dancing— there’s lots of good eating: Lobster fresh from the boat in little fishing villages like Rustico, PEI, Pictou, NS, or Quidi Vidi, NL, along with scallops, mussels, oysters, clams or crab, haddock or halibut. Sardines from Blacks Harbour, NB, home of the world’s largest sardine industry. Blueberries: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 44 • Byways