Discover Nova Scotia - Canada's Ocean Playground Quiz

Answer: Mi'Kmaq Indians

The Mi'Kmaq Indians inhabited Nova Scotia long before the first explorers arrived from Europe. First came the Norsemen in the 11th century, and then in 1497, John Cabot came on the scene. In the 17th century, Nova Scotia was settled by the French. In the next century, French and British feuded over the land. Control of the area passed back and forth until 1713, when NS was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht Act.

Answer: Hudson Bay

The Atlantic Ocean, with Newfoundland to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy, with New Brunswick across the bay to the east, the Northumberland Strait, the Gulf of St Lawrence and Prince Edward Island to the north and the Gulf of Maine and the US to the southwest.

Answer: Scotland

Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland" and was named by James I of England, VI of Scotland, in 1621. North America's only Gaelic College is at St. Ann's, Nova Scotia! Also, if you were to visit the town of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, you would notice that all street signs are posted in Gaelic as well as English!

Answer: Atlantic Coast

The Atlantic coast is mainly rugged granite similar to that of the coast of Maine or Cape Cod. The Annapolis Valley is 162 kilometers of lush orchards and vinelands similar to Virginia. The Northumberland Shore offers the warmest summer ocean north of the Carolinas due to its shallowness. Cape Breton is comprised of magnificent highlands similar to California.

Answer: deepest

Prior to the causeway's completion in 1955, Cape Breton Island was completely separated from the rest of Nova Scotia by a narrow strait of water called the Canso Strait. Cape Breton had to depend on a system of railways and highway ferries for shipping and communication. The causeway has significantly impacted the economy of the strait region!

Answer: True

After the war of 1812, several thousand blacks, including the Chesapeake Blacks, settled in the Halifax area; today over 15,000 residents of the province have black origins.

Answer: French

Around 18 percent are of French origin. The next largest groups by ancestry are German and Dutch.

Answer: second smallest

They are listed here according to area---largest to smallest: Nunavut, Quebec, Northwest Territories, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Answer: over 5400

Bras d'Or Lake is the largest lake and is located on Cape Breton Island. This large lake is a nesting site of the endangered bald eagle!

Answer: It has the world's highest tides.

The Bay of Fundy's tides are indeed the world's highest at 16.6 meters (54 feet). Funday's twice daily tidal change is equal to the daily discharge of all the world's rivers combined--100km cubed of water! Nova Scotia has North America's only tidal power plant to date. (2002)

Answer: All of these

Halifax is a major port city in Canada. It is twinned with Hakodate, Japan and Halifax, England. Halifax is on the same latitude as Bordeaux, France.

Answer: Haligonian

Halifax was founded in 1749 by Lord Cornwallis and was named after Lord Halifax, head of England's Board of Trade. It's motto is "Riches from the Sea".

Answer: an explosion

WWI was raging in Europe. Halifax, as a port city, was busy with war ships carrying troops, supplies and munitions. In an unfortunate accident, two ships, the Mont Blanc, carrying explosives, and the Imo, collided. Thus the biggest man-made explosion before the nuclear age, occurred. Over 1900 people were killed immediately; within a year the total had climbed to well ocer 2000. About 9000 were injured and 325 acres, almost all of north-end Halifax, was destroyed. (My grandmother was a survivor of the Halifax Explosion.)

Answer: Because of dye on their noses

Many Nova Scotians planted and exported Irish Bluenose Potatoes. Blue marks on the noses of fisherman, left by their blue mitts, gave them the nickname "Bluenosers". (The schooner was named for them!:)

Answer: dime

The Bluenose has appeared on the Canadian dime since 1937. Bluenose II was built from the identical plans to Bluenose I, in the same shipyard and even by some of the same people. Bluenose II is acknowledged to have the largest working mainsail in the world measuring 4150 square feet.