DELMER & CECIL Now that the warm weather is
here (sometimes), we figure it’s our duty to welcome visitors from other countries to our fair land. People come from many places to
DELMER AND CECIL Our visitors’ guide to Canada We’ll start in the east with our
newest province…that would be Newfoundland. Newfoundland was founded in 1638 by the Swiss. Originally it was called New Zurich. It became famous with Atlantic travellers as a stopover for sailors looking for the Northwest Passage. It was renowned for its cream buns and cod ice cream. Off the coast is St. Pierre and Mickey Mouse, belonging to France and famous for its white flag factory. Next in line is the province of
Nova Scotia (or you can just skip it and move on to New Brunswick). Nova Scotia has a lot of Scots (and Scotch). The Scots immigrated to Nova Scotia so they could wear skirts and no one (the English) would laugh at them. But unknown to them, the natives found them quite humorous, and in Micmac they were called Fifigoofaki (girlymen in English). Every summer (depending on
what day summer falls on) there is a big festival celebrating the Scots’ way of life. It’s called Garlic Colours (that’s Celtic). There are many different events including an oatmeal- eating contest, the telephone pole- throwing contest and beard-growing contest (several months for the latter, but the stands are always full). Now we come to New Brunswick. In the south of New Brunswick,
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visit us: United States, Britain, Ireland, Quebec and many other foreign realms. We feel a basic knowledge of Canada would be helpful in letting them make their plans for summer fun.
people speak English, and in the north people speak French. In the middle is a large wall that keeps them apart. One shouldn’t miss the
magnificent fort on the shores of “Le Baie de Bidet” built by the Incas in the twelfth century. It was laid siege by the Spanish and represents the last holdout of the Incan empire. Be sure to visit Shediac’s famous “Clam Festival” where the colourful locals lie on the beach and pretend they’re clams. Off the coast of New Brunswick
lies Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island is the last piece of the fabled Atlantis. Having once been a piece of a giant empire, PEI-ers feel they are really important and should be equal in power to places 30 times their size. The population of the Island is made up of many ethnic backgrounds. The largest of these are the Japanese, who came looking for Anne of Green Gables and stayed because the seafood was cheap. Now we come to Quebec. You
have to. There’s no roads around it (unless you go through the States). Here you may run into trouble because all the signs are in French. Even the stop signs are in French. They say Arrêt (but in France they say “Stop”) – confusing isn’t it? The French culture is completely
different. They have extraordinary cuisine with exotic names like: poutine (nothing to do with the Russian leader), pogo, hambourgoise and Molson (this last one isn’t bad). The province is devoted to two things: the Montreal Canadiens and grumbling about English. Quebec City is beautiful. It lies
on a cliff on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Here there was a great battle between Wolfe and Montcalm. Wolfe won (but best not to bring that up). The next area we come to is
Ontario. Once a hustling, bustling place, it is now like an aging dowager
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