Calling the Maritimes Home: Origins, Attitudes, Quirks and Curiosities

Les Harding is the author of Exploring the Avalon, Historic St.
John’s: The City of Legends, The Voyages of Lesser Men: Thumbnail
Sketches in Canadian Exploration and The Journeys of Remarkable Women:
Their Travels on the Canadian Frontier.

Calling the Maritimes Home is a collection of interesting tidbits about
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Most of the pieces
are no longer than a few sentences. Anne of Green Gables, Ashley
MacIsaac, Rita MacNeil, Peggy’s Cove, the Fortress of Louisbourg, and
the Annapolis Valley are all to be found here. Lesser-known factoids are
included in abundance. For example, did you know that Prince Edward
Island has a potato museum; that New Brunswick has the largest Danish
colony in North America; that Cape Breton boasts the world’s largest
saltwater lake?

The text is arranged by subject, under headings such as “Where we
came from,” “Where we live,” “How we work,” “Our wonderful
food and drink” “How we have fun,” and “Arts and culture.”
This handsome little book, which is best read in short doses, would be a
handy guide for those visiting the Maritimes. An index would have been
useful.