'Did You Know Canada'

Put on your learning hats! Stacey at ‘Did you know Canada’ was sweet enough to pull together some trivia for us on…well…appropriately enough, Nova Scotia!

Did you know Canada… we've found some fun facts about Nova Scotia we'd love to share with you...

… in Nova Scotia many of the top names reflect the Maritime culture such as Kayleigh, Noah and Owen.

… Nova Scotia is the biggest producer of wild blueberries in Canada, and recognizes the blueberry as its official provincial berry.

… Pier 21, an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971, currently holds 2,000 stories, 500 oral history interviews, 700 donated books, 300 films and thousands of archival images and scans of immigration and WWII documents - a real piece of history located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

… the Bay of Fundy tide is the highest in the world, in fact, in July 2009, the Bay of Fundy was named as a finalist for the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest that ends in November 2011.

… the Cabot Trail is a scenic highway that loops around the northern part of Nova Scotia, it is known as one of the most breath-taking drives you'll ever take and named one of the best road trips in the world.

… last year Canada exported over 1 million barrels of cranberries to the US, about 14% of their domestic market, and many of those were grown in Nova Scotia.

By Stacey
Did you know Canada
Want to learn more about Canada? Check out Stacey’s blog at http://www.didyouknowcanada.ca

Do you have any interesting facts about your own home town? We’d love to hear them – leave us a comment below!