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New UNESCO World Heritage Site: Nova Scotia’s Grand Pré

The historic church at Grand Pré (Photo: H. Holm, Nova Scotia Photo Album)

Every year, UNESCO adds sites of cultural or natural importance to its World Heritage List. This year’s new UNESCO World Heritage sites include 25 places, among them a species-rich coral reef system in Palau, the supposed birthplace of Jesus in Palestine, and Nova Scotia’s own historic Acadian settlement of Grand Pré, which is a Canadian national historic site.

Founded in the 17th century, Grand Pré was a farming community that used a unique hydraulic drainage system to work the marshy land that is affected by the world’s highest tides in the nearby Bay of Fundy. Archaelogical remnants of the original village of Grand Pré can still be seen here, though the majority of the Acadian community was exiled beginning in 1755 in what is known as the Grand Dérangement, or Great Expulsion.

Grand Pré is Nova Scotia’s third UNESCO World Heritage site. Others are the historic maritime village of Lunenburg and the Joggins Fossil Cliffs palaeontological site.

New Brunswick’s Venerable Algonquin Resort Could Become a Marriott

Photo: Trevor Donald

Marriott is in talks to buy the historic Algonquin Resort in St.-Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, CBC reports. (more…)

3 Days Left to Elect New 7 Wonders of Nature

Hopewell Rocks. Photo by Stoney Ballard.

By Carissa Bluestone

Voting for the New 7 Wonders of Nature closes on Friday (11:11:11 a.m. GMT, to be precise). As we reported in September, New Brunswick’s amazing Bay of Fundy is one of the nominees, the sole Canadian destination on the list. It’s up against iconic natural areas like the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands, and as of Sunday it was not on the list of top 10 finalists, so every vote counts.

New Brunswick tourism officials expect a win would greatly grow tourism and employment in the region, and some are even holding voting events.

The winners will be announced on Friday at 7:07 p.m. GMT.

Cast your vote for the Bay of Fundy.


Vote for the New 7 Wonders of Nature

Photo by Martin Cathrae

Only 50 days remain to cast your vote to decide the seven wonders of the natural world. Atlantic Canada’s Bay of Fundy is one of the 28 finalists chosen by the New7Wonders experts’ panel.

Criteria for the finalists included unique beauty, diversity, ecological significance, and an even distribution across continents. The Bay of Fundy, on the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is a popular tourist attraction  for its dramatic tide changes (100 billion tonnes of seawater flow in and out daily), its unique rock structures, and frequent whale sightings. Among the other finalists are the Brazilian Amazon, Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

The campaign is the brainchild of New7Wonders, a Swiss-based foundation who managed to draw more than 100 million votes to elect the new seven wonders of the world in 2007.

If you vote, you might just win a free trip in the process. As an added incentive, Tourism Nova Scotia and Tourism New Brunswick have devised a contest: cast your vote for the Bay of Fundy and win a six-night trip to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that includes admission to Fundy’s Hopewell Rocks, a lobster cruise, airfare, car rental, and accommodation. Only Canadian residents are eligible.

To vote, go to www.n7w.com and choose your seven favourites from the finalists. Voting closes November 11, 2011. The seven new natural wonders will be announced shortly thereafter.