By Alyssa Dixon

Population (2006) 934,400

Capital Halifax

Area land -52,840km

Fresh water 2,650km

Total 55,490km

Date of entry into confederation July 1,1867

One of the four Atlantic provinces on the east

coast of Canada is the second smallest

province made up of the mainland and Cape

Breton Island also includes over 3800 coastal

islands the capital city and largest city is

Halifax-372,858 (2006 census canada

figures)Halifax is an international seaport

and transportation center. Flower-the may

flower, tree red spruce, bird –osprey “Nova

Scotia” means “NEW SCOTLAND” In Latin.

Motto: “One defends and the other

conquers”

1. Date of entry into confederation July 1st

1867.

2. British and the French fought over the

area.

3. Cape Breton island and the area now known

as New Brunswick.

4. After the seven year war, Nova Scotia

included saint John’s island (as prince

Edward island was then known), Cape

Breton island and the area now know as

New Brunswick.

The Vikings first visited around the year 990

explorer John Cabot came to Nova Scotia in

1497.micmac lived there. They hunted,

fished, gathered plants and berries. French

settlers arrived in 1605. A French settlement

named Port Royal was built in 1605. The area

was turned over to the British after war

French colonists were forced to leave some

went back to France while other went to the

U.S later settlers came from England,

Germany, Scotland. In 1783 the United

Empire Loyalists came from the united

states.

Top Ten Things to Do in Nova Scotia

1. Upper Clements Park

2. Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site

3. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

4. Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival

5. Ross Farm Museum

6. Discovery Centre

7. Halifax International Busker Festival

8. Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park

9. Fundy Geological Museum

10. Cape Breton Whale Watching

MARION BRIDGE CROSSES THE MIRA

RIVER.THE CURRENT

CONCRETEHIGHWAY BRIDGE WAS

CONSTRUCTED1982.

There are 938,310 people living in Nova

Scotia.(2008) Many people live in or close to

Halifax. Most of the communities are along

the coast. First people were the Micmacs

(Mi’ Kmaq Indians). People came from Briton,

western Europe, and southern Europe. Over

eighty percent are of British ancestry,

eighteen percent are of French ancestry

other groups include German, Dutch, Poles,

Ukrainian, Chinese, Scandinavian and native

people. N.S has Canada’s oldest African-

Canadian community.

The province I am researching is Nova Scotia.

It is an important part of Canada because. It

is one of the eastern most provinces it’s an

island. The capital is Halifax and the

population (2006) is 934,400. there are

many interesting details about Nova Scotia

and it can be a fun place to visit or live but I

would just visit because I like it better in

Kitkatla.