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Grand Pre

Grand Pre

By on Sep 30, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

From the website: Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada commemorates Grand-Pré area as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 and the Deportation of the Acadians, which began in 1755 and continued until 1762. Similar to the Citadel, we did the Explorer program.  This program was geared at the little girls and it asked them several questions that...

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Halifax Citadel

Halifax Citadel

By on Sep 29, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

  This is an outstanding example of the a National Historic Site.  It is beautiful, well maintained and the programming is excellent.  We did the self guided adventure tour ( no additional costs) and the kids became spies in the Citadel.  The comic book provides the back ground story and leads the children to all aspects of the fort to discover clues.  Upon our...

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Point Pleasant Park

Point Pleasant Park

By on Sep 28, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

From the website: Point Pleasant Park lies on a rocky 75-hectare (185 acre) promontory jutting into the Atlantic Ocean at the eastern end of the Halifax peninsula, in Nova Scotia, Canada. This park has been a place of recreation for the citizens of Halifax since the city’s founding in 1749. Before that, it was a hunting, fishing, and ceremonial area for the...

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