Nova Scotia: Colourguide. 7th ed.

Christine Hughes is a policy analyst at the Ontario Native Affairs
Secretariat.

These updated guidebooks would provide a useful reference for anyone planning visits to P.E.I. or Nova Scotia. They are each indexed and fully illustrated with hundreds of beautiful colour photographs and contain a provincial map highlighting the recommended tourist routes.

In a section called “Features,” some historical information is provided for each province, but lengthier chapters written by many local experts focus on typical vacation activities and destinations such as museums, arts and crafts, music, theatre, lobster suppers, golf, cycling, hiking, beaches, lighthouses, sailing, birding, fairs, and festivals. The P.E.I. volume contains 10 pages devoted to the real Lucy Maud Montgomery and outlines the historical places one should visit on the island if that is of particular interest.

The next section focuses on the various established scenic routes, which correspond to those in the provincial government tourism guides and maps. The Nova Scotia guide contains quite a bit of information about Halifax, with some additional maps which would help to plan activities around a visit to that city.

The final section in each book is titled “Listings,” and this is the only part of the books that is not illustrated or printed on glossy paper. It contains specific information on accommodations, restaurants, attractions, and activities, complete with contact information and website addresses, and would be especially useful during the advance trip planning stage.

The compact format of these guides makes them small enough to take with you so that you can continue to refer to them as you set forth on your travels.