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  • 1. Canso Islands National Historic Site Canso
    For the headland, see Cape Canso. Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, next to Chedabucto Bay. In January 2012, it ceased to be a separate town and as of July 2012 was amalgamated into the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.The area was established in 1604, along with Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The British construction of a fort in the village , was instrumental in contributing to Dummer's War . The town is of national historic importance because it was one of only two British settlements in Nova Scotia prior to the establishment of Halifax . Canso played a key role in the defeat of Louisbourg. Today, the town attracts people internationally for the annual Stan Rogers Folk Festival.
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  • 3. Sherbrooke Village Sherbrooke Nova Scotia
    Sherbrooke is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. Sherbrooke is situated at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 161,323 residents at the 2016 census, Sherbrooke was the sixth largest city in the province of Quebec and the thirtieth largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 212,105 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and nineteenth largest in Canada. Originally known as Hyatt's Mill, it was renamed after Sir John Coape Sherbrooke , a British general who was Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia , and Governor G...
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  • 8. Cape George Point Lighthouse Cape George
    Cape Spear, located on the Avalon Peninsula near St. John's, Newfoundland, is the easternmost point in Canada , and North America, excluding Danish-controlled Greenland. Cape Spear is within the municipal boundaries of the city of St. John's, located about 2 miles from Blackhead, an amalgamated area of St. John's. The Portuguese named this location Cabo da Esperança which means cape of hope, which became Cap d'Espoir in French and finally Cape Spear. Cape Spear is the trailhead/trail end for two components of the East Coast Trail.
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