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Intercolonial: The railroad that was almost a jewel in the Crown

23 Jul 201629 Jul 2016

AMHERST, N.S. I’m keen on the railroad, I tell people who ask, because of its role in building Canada, especially here, where Confederation could not have happened without this track…

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A walk in the park: Amherst Shore Provincial Park

22 Jul 201622 Jul 2016

Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. AMHERST SHORE, N.S. Probably the water doesn’t always smell like sewage. And maybe it wasn’t sewage after all. Maybe the…

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The puzzling house on Beatons Bluff

17 Jul 201623 Jul 2016

BEATONS BLUFF When I was a little girl, my Barbies’ Dreamhouse was made of shoeboxes and toilet-paper rolls held together with Scotch tape. On the edge of Nova Scotia, our…

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Outdoor Gravity’s got the balls to throw my kid down a mountain

6 Aug 201517 Aug 2015

PIGEON FORGE, Tn. — You know what you shouldn't mess with? Gravity, friends. Well, also Texas. But especially gravity. This rule should only be broken if you're in a controlled…

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Pigeon Forge: The brighter the lights, the closer to God?

4 Aug 20156 Aug 2015

PIGEON FORGE, Tn. — Turns out I've become far less tolerant in the past five years. The first time we drove into Pigeon Forge, I was awed by the glitter…

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Tennessee: Mist in the mountains, music on the streets

2 Aug 20154 Aug 2015

GATLINBURG, Tn. — The towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are joined at the hip. The hip is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We spent the better part of…