![]() Later, waves of immigrants came: Germans in Lunenburg County Highland Scots displaced by their landlords' preference for sheep New England Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution freedmen or escaped slaves then Ukrainians, Poles, West Indians, Italians, and Lebanese drawn to the industrial centers of Halifax and Sydney. In the early days of European exploration, they were joined by the French and English who settled on the shores and harvested the sea. The original inhabitants, the Mi'Kmaqs, have been here for 10,000 years and remain a major cultural presence. ![]() The people of Nova Scotia are equally diverse. In the western arm, the Southwest Nova UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the second largest in Canada, includes the remote Kejimkujik National Park, which protects old-growth transitional woodland and all the wildlife that depends upon it. Throughout the province there is great biodiversity, including a number of endangered and threatened species that are being actively protected. In Cape Breton are highlands that rival Scotland's, rugged rock-rimmed inlets, woodlands that provide spectacular fall foliage, and mountains that plunge dramatically down to meet the waves. In the middle of the province, dense forests are interspersed with blueberry patches, cranberry bogs, and, in spring and summer, open fields of wildflowers-purple and blue lupines, yellow coltsfoot, pink fireweed-that blanket the ground with color. Within the perimeter drawn by that convoluted coastline, lie the rolling farmlands of the Annapolis Valley, which yields vintner’s grapes, apples, corn, peaches, and plums. It was Thomas Chandler Haliburton who first said "seeing is believing," and the observation applies to his home province because it's hard to fathom such a variety of cultures and landscapes packed into an area smaller than West Virginia without witnessing it firsthand. But the province is much more than its coastline alone its coastal capital, Halifax, is a lively and attractive business and tourism hub. Nova Scotia is one of the world’s largest exporters of seafood, particularly lobsters. To the north, warm, relatively shallow Northumberland Strait flows between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, providing a livelihood for fishermen on both sides. To the northwest, Fundy tides-the highest in the world-recede to reveal mudflats, then rush back in, raising the sea level by more than 50 feet. To the south and east, the Atlantic crashes against rocky outcrops or washes placidly over white sand. For many, Nova Scotia evokes images of seascapes.
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