In June 1980, I went on a car trip with my family-of-origin (parents, siblings) through much of eastern Canada. I was fifteen years old at the time. I had visited Ontario and Quebec on many other trips which are not specifically listed in my travel blog, but this trip remains to date my only visit to the Atlantic Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Newfoundland. Highlights visited on this trip included Toronto, Montreal, Quebec (city), Charlottetown (PEI), Halifax and Peggy's Cove (Nove Scotia), Cape Breton Island and the Cabot Trail (Nova Scotia), and Corner Brook and Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. There were car ferry rides between New Brunswick and PEI, and between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland.
Welcome to Port-aux-Basques! This is the town in southwestern Newfoundland where the car ferry drops you off, if you are coming from Nova Scotia.
Roosevelt Cottage at Campobello Island, New Brunswick.This represents the summer retreat of the family of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The site is now an International Park.
Scenery along the coastal Cabot Trail in northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Chateau Frotenac, a famous hotel and landmark in Quebec (city).
St. Joseph's Oratory, a large and famous church in Montreal, Quebec.
Barren treeless landscape along southern Newfoundland's coast near Port-aux-Basques. Years later, when I saw Iceland, that reminded me a bit of this scenery. However, things change as you head north: inland Newfoundland is heavily forested.
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