New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador

The farther up east you go the weirder and more Irish the become.

Yes. Most wonderful and warm people in the world. Especially Newfoundlanders. No one who visits is a stranger.

I don't know her.

I used to vacation there with my family 45 years ago.

I visited Newfoundland in 2018. Thought it was beautiful. Would return.

Where is OLDfoundland?

I've been curious about that area. Is Halifax a good weekend/long weekend trip from the NYC area? Any suggestions on what to do with limited time/budge?

My husband was born in Newfoundland and adopted by a US air force sergeant and his wife. I Have a close friend from Newfoundland and spent time with him and his family. Wonderful people. "Come from Away" pretty much gets the attitude of the people I met. Breathtaking natural beauty. We were driving one day and stopped to pick up some pop and snacks. There was an iceberg floating in the Atlantic across from the convenience store.

Yes, you'd like Halifax. Tons to see and do there, R7. It's a great city. Take a long weekend and rent a car. Don't miss Peggy's Cove.

Iceberg Alley they call it, R8. Wonderful place.

R7, also make sure you hit up Durty Nelly's in Halifax. Great place.

Newfoundlanders are on half hour time. AND THEY LIKE IT.

What a bunch of weirdos.

R8, my Dad same story, although it was still the Army Air Corp at the time I think. Corner Brook orphanage for your husband too?

Wonderful, welcoming people and HUGE families in Newfoundland.

Newfoundland is one of those places where one's faith in humanity can be restored. I've travelled a fair bit and have never been to another place that captures that the same way.

I'be been to Nova Scotia but I've never been to me

The Maritime provinces are wonderful places to visit. Warm, welcoming locals and lots of beautiful sights. It's quaint living compared to a Toronto/Vancouver/Montreal...but very charming. Almost 'Ireland-Light'. Especially if you head up to NFLD...there's a strong Celtic connection throughout NS and NFLD...a little less so with New Brunswick (which borrows more from its French roots) Prince Edward Island is a perfect place to visit in the summer months into September. A real ocean playground (as they themselves call it). And the seafood throughout is spectacular (and a STEAL compared to what you pay elsewhere).

Halifax is the main port city in Nova Scotia. Lots of great pubs, bars and restaurants. Several historic sights too. Plus you're only 40 minutes away from Lunenberg and Chester...gorgeous towns along the south shore. Peggy's Cove is a worthy trek too. Again, really lovely people. Lovely sights.

Ps. if you're in Halifax, be sure to treat yourself to a Donair. It sounds disgusting (and arguably IS) but ingesting one of these delicious 'shit bags' (as the locals call them) is a rite of passage. (Just watch Matty Matheson's YouTube video on them!) They're imitated across Canada, but you can only really experience the REAL thing in Halifax. The Donair pizza is also worthy. A lot of celebrities have actually purchased homes in and around Cape Breton Island (located in Northern NS). Alan Arkin has been a longtime resident, as has Ethan Hawke and reportedly Jennifer Aniston just bought property up there too.

Some good info here on Newfoundland English. It's not an accent, it's a dialect.

Fuck you, OP!

This video is phenomenal for anyone interested in linguistics.

Beautiful landscapes, very warm and friendly people, very insular, very poor. (Halifax is an exception to the poverty but has its own ghetto-like areas). Parts of rural NS are truly Deliverance-like.

Va te faire foutre

Thank you all for your Halifax endorsements/suggestions. R9 you mentioned the exact same things that a friend of mine, who lived in Halifax for a bit, said i.e. rent a car, Peggy's Cove etc.

[quote]Where is OLDfoundland?

EUROPE.

r22

Exactly or approximately where?

Poole, Dorset

Leif Erickson named Newfoundland, so old land is probably one of the Nordic countries. The remnants of old Viking settlements still exist and they're worth a visit.

[quote]lmost 'Ireland-Light'. Some parts perhaps, and NFLD's accent may sound a bit Irish but is actually closer to accents in Cornwall.

Nova Scota? No. I mean it's literally called "New Scotland", or Alba Nuadh if you're one of several thousand Scots Gaelic speakers in the province. There's also a small black community in the province, most are descendants of slaves who moved from the U.S.. One of the most famous, Viola Desmond, is now depicted on the $20 bill.

[quote]New Brunswick (which borrows more from its French roots)

Only about a third of the population is Francophone/Acadian, the rest are either British or United Empire Loyalists who moved there following the American Revolution. In southern NB you're as likely to see a Union (Jack) flag flying as a Canadian or provincial flag.

NFLD is Newfoundland

Newfoundland accents are closely related to Irish, not Scottish accents, R27.

[quote]so old land is probably

IS probably could also mean IS NOT. That's the problem with the word probably.

Paging The Fabulous Miss Lucy.

R15, I've lived in Halifax for over 20 years and never once heard anyone call a donair a 'shitbag.'

Ethan Hawke owns property outside of Antigonish (on the way to Cape Breton). My mother saw him in a local coffee shop. He was wearing workboots and a plaid work shirt, very unassuming.

The rumour is that Jennifer Aniston bought property around Inverness in Cape Breton. It used to be a coal town but there's a golf course now and it's a big tourist destination. It's a beautiful place, as is all of Cape Breton.

I would love to visit the Torngat Mountains in Labrador.

R25, John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto), the Italian explorer working for England, "discovered" Newfoundland long after the Norse settlements disappeared. It was called Terra Nova (new land), which King Henry VII translated as "New founde land."

Is Labrador named after the dog, or is the dog named after the land.

A little history.

Anyone interested in Newfoundland may find this documentary on the architecture and building the amazing Fogo Island Inn an eyeopener.

The film of the locals,the hotel project, the artist cabins ,Fogo Island and Newfoundland itself is worth a look.

Newfoundland men aren't circumcised.

R32 -- it might be a term before your time. It was commonly (read: drunkenly) referred to as a 'shitbag' by the 'kids' all thru the late 70s/80s (yes, I'm ancient). Robert's on the Dartmouth side and Tony's in Halifax (later Dartmouth) were the preferred go-tos.

R35, Labrador is named after the Portuguese explorer, João Fernandes Lavrador. Lavrador means farmer. The labrador retriever is named after Labrador because it was bred from Canadian fishing dogs in Newfoundland.

Went to the Maritime Provinces on a cruise a few years ago. St. John’s NB and Halifax, NS. Preferred the latter.

Newfoundland (and Labrador) only joined Canada in 1949. For the longest time, the Newfies wanted to go it alone, until they ran into financial difficulties.

r42

You make it sound like it wasn't their own fault.

The men are hot. And it’s such a beautiful area. I’m a big fan of Prince Edward Island.

I'm a Nova Scotian, living in the Halifax area. I'm a descendent of Loyalists who fled from the US (Connecticut) during the American Revolution. I will admit that at times I'm sorry they made that choice, but what the hell. I love it here, I've travelled all over the province, so I know it reasonably well. Halifax is just cosmopolitan enough to suit me, with a lot of historic sites in the area. Lots of ethnic restaurants,

Lunenburg is a lovely place to visit, settled by Germans in the early days. Cape Breton is a great place for hiking, lots of great forested areas. I've travelled through New Brunswick, but don't know it well enough to comment. I've never visited Newfoundland.

R35, the dog is named after the land. I believe they were actually developed in England. Best dogs in the world in my opinion, smart, courageous, strong, loyal and intelligent. My black Lab died in 2020 at a good old age, Died in her sleep. I miss her terribly, haven't been able to bring myself to get a replacement. Great dog to take hiking.

[quote]Newfoundland (and Labrador) only joined Canada in 1949. For the longest time, the Newfies wanted to go it alone, until they ran into financial difficulties.

They could've joined St.-Pierre et Miquelon.

Peggy is barren.

And her pussy stinks.

[quote]Exactly or approximately where?

ALL OF IT.

Which city is better:

St. John or St. John's

[quote] I'm a Nova Scotian, living in the Halifax area. I'm a descendent of Loyalists who fled from the US (Connecticut) during the American Revolution.

Were they bad spellers, too?

[quote] Newfoundlanders are on half hour time. AND THEY LIKE IT. What a bunch of weirdos.

What's the reasoning behind keeping their time zone on the half hour?

[quote] make sure you hit up Durty Nelly's in Halifax. Great place.

I looked up the menu, and it looks amazing.

I'd order the fish and chips, and bangers & mash.

A gay friend of mine spent several months in Newfoundland - he was from Toronto but went there to help open a shop or restaurant there.

I figured he'd been without any decent hookup his whole time there, but he smiled and shook his head no. I asked him if there was a gay scene there and he said no, nothing like that.

And then he said, "It's Newfoundland. They're a very warm people. If you aren't getting laid in Newfoundland, you're either not interested or dead."

Is Grindr the main way to meet in Newfoundland, R53?

St John's is bigger than St John so it's better. St John isn't even the biggest city in New Brunswick.

R53, Newfoundlanders and Quebecers report the best sex lives in Canada according to the annual survey in Maclean's magazine.

Donair sounds delicious.

[quote] St. John’s NB and Halifax, NS. Preferred the latter.

The former must not have made much of an impression, otherwise you’d know it’s SAINT John, NB.

I've never been to that part of Canada, but always wanted to visit. On 911, many planes were diverted to other areas....Newfoundland was one of them. The passengers were there for a few days...maybe a week? Many of the passengers have said the people there were lovely and very welcoming. They are a very warm people. I think there was a play about it.

Stanksleeves that smell like ripe fish instead of ripe cheese.

[quote] I think there was a play about it.

That would be the one that was mentioned upthread.

The location of the film JOHNNY BELINDA is Cape Breton IIRC. The film made the locals seem so provincial and backwards.

Porn director and DL fave Jasun Mark is from NB. His current productions are under the “Trailer Trash Boys” label - perhaps he was inspired by “Trailer Park Boys,” which is set in neighbo(u)ring NS.

eat shit troll!

R59, I think Maritimers/Newfoundlanders are natural flirts, they love to tease and carry on.

Cape Breton is apparently such a nice place they were willing to pay you to move there.

r3=Shitty Little Anne of Green Gables

My partner and I just finished spending10 months as COVID-19 "refugees", having left Toronto for Lunenburg, NS. My partner's entire family is from Nova Scotia, so we always considered it as a potential place to live in Canada when we retire (except for winters, of course...) So, our reasoning was "Well, we may as well give it a trial run being able to work from home and see if we like it." We first planned to spend only 3 months there but we liked it s much that we kept postponing the return.

The area around Lunenburg and Kingsburg is beautiful and extremely liveable, even if you're used to accessibility of good things. Lunenburg is a beautiful little town, surprisingly sophisticated, very gay-friendly, with lots of great restaurants, art galleries, interesting businesses, kind of reminded me of Provincetown but more serene. That whole area is speckled with lovely little harbor towns like Mahone Bay. We also spent a week in Cape Breton (Ingonish), and drove around the island, which is breathtaking. Then, there's the Annapolis Valley, Halifax, or you can drive farther south towards Liverpool, and that part of the coast has some lovely beaches. Staying in that part of NS was also great, in the sense that if there was anything you wanted to do but couldn't do in Lunenburg, like have great sushi, Halifax was only an 1hr15min drive In the end, we liked it so much there that we bought a piece of land to build our post-retirement house on. The only regret is that we had wanted to do a road trip to St Pierre et Miquelon but the ferry wasn't operational at the time.

Does St John own Newfoundland?

What is St. Pierre & Miquelon like?

Socially, the Maritimes are a lot like the US South, where I live now. People are incredibly friendly and hospitable, but will rip you to shreds as soon as you turn your back. Incredibly gossipy and back biting - God forbid you achieve any measure of success!

And the poster above who noted the poverty is right - sometimes it's quite stunning. My sister lives in the equivalent of a shack up towards New Germany.

It's weird reading this praise for Lunenburg - growing up nearby (in the 80s), I always thought of it as a shit hole. Times sure have changed.

[quote]Beautiful landscapes, very warm and friendly people, very insular, very poor. (Halifax is an exception to the poverty but has its own ghetto-like areas). Parts of rural NS are truly Deliverance-like.

You mean the Goler Clan?

How does it compare to Nunavut?

They’re all exceptionally well hung, even their women have clitori so large they double as boxing practice blatters.

Newfoundland looks very pretty. Would love to visit!

Are they near Montana?

R76 No.

They're closer to Minnesota, R76.

I'm from Massachusetts. In the summer of 1990 (when I was 10) my family spent our vacation in Nova Scotia. I remember driving up to Bar Harbor, Maine, where we spent a few days, for some reason. Then we took a ferry (with our car in it) to Nova Scotia. I loved it! I love the ocean, in general, and anything nautical. Plus, there was a movie theater. I even recall the movies they showed: FIELD OF DREAMS and TURNER & HOOCH.

I don't remember much of actually being in Canada. I remember driving a lot. Men in kilts and bagpipes. Lots of lighthouses. The scenery was beautiful. I remember comparing it to THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I guess the highlight would have to be meeting a 100 year old man, who was a local celebrity because it was his centennial. He was sitting by some port and people were coming up to him and chatting him up. He still had all his marbles. We even took a photo with him. Hard to believe that now he would be 131 years old! 😨 I wonder how much longer he lived? Can you imagine all that he saw? He was 11 when Queen Victoria died, 22 when the Titanic sank, 24 when WWI started, in his thirties during the Roaring Twenties, already middle-aged during the Great Depression, etc.

Anyway, we drove back home, so we obviously went through New Brunswick, but I don't remember making any stops there. It could be we just drove through.

R76 bless your heart.

I remember my Maritime Province cruise and how Halifax was crowded with strapping young men charging a fee for rickshaw rides. Two to a buggy and they’d take you anywhere you wanted to go. Most of them were from the farmlands. And some of them were very hot. The uniform was overalls with or without tee shirts. I was scheduled for a bus tour but I remember wishing I had signed up for a rickshaw. Just so I could watch their muscular backs and shoulders.

Sounds hot, R81!

It was…apparently at the time, it was a good way for them to earn money…

[quote]I'm from Massachusetts. In the summer of 1990 (when I was 10) my family spent our vacation in Nova Scotia. I remember driving up to Bar Harbor, Maine, where we spent a few days, for some reason. Then we took a ferry (with our car in it) to Nova Scotia.

Hey R79, I lived in Massachusetts as a child and traveled to Nova Scotia on a Ferry in 1975.

Mostly uncut cocks just like the rest of Canada.

Yes, NS, PEI, and NB. I loved the islands best.

The fresh lobster dinners; the harbors and shorelines, especially the red dirt cliffs of PEI; Mahone Bay and Peggy's Cove; Halifax and Charlottetown; and more.

In New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador all seems to breathe freedom and peace and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils.

The Maritime provinces are sublime in the warmer months (ie. Early Fall, Late Spring, Summer). For my money, Nova Scotia takes the cake, followed by PEI, Newfoundland and finally New Brunswick. There's nothing altogether wrong about NB, it's just not nearly as exciting or picturesque as the others.

Nova Scotia has the Annapolis valley, the South Shore (Lunenburg) and to the north, Cape Breton Island. Truly a magical place to trek around for a week or two. Same goes for PEI -- lots of amazing seafood, antiquing (Mary!) and charming vacation rentals near world famous beaches. Both NS and PEI have phenomenal golf courses too if that's of any interest.

St. John's