Top 7 Places to Visit in
Truro | Nova Scotia
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Home Town of Opera Singer Portia White
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Portia White had one heck of a voice. As the first Black Canadian singer to reach world-renowned status, she became one of the most inspirational women in Canada’s history. At the age of six, White was already working towards that goal: she could often be found singing in her mother’s choir at the Halifax Baptist […]
- 454 Prince St, Truro, NS B2N 1E7
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- https://www.dal.ca/about-dal/dalhousie-originals/portia-white.html
Victoria Park
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Now more than 130 years old, Victoria Park is a 3,000-acre treasure in the heart of Truro. The beautiful and dynamic urban park boasts incredible natural features, including a dramatic steep-sided gorge, a winding river, cascading waterfalls, and a stately old-growth Eastern Hemlock forest. Photo: Figure8, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Park, Park Rd, Truro, NS
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- https://www.novascotia.com/see-do/outdoor-activities/victoria-park/1756
Joseph Howe Falls
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Joseph Howe Falls are in Truro. The falls are easy to find because they are in Victoria Park. Above Joseph Howe Falls you’ll find a second falls, Waddell Falls. Photo: Luke Dobek
Glooscap Trail
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Don’t miss to drive on the Glooscap Trail – a scenic must-to-see roadway. The Glooscap Trail is located in Northwest Nova Scotia, along the shores of the Bay of Fundy and the Minas Basin. This is a great motorcycle route with some good eats and sights along the way. The road itself has some twisties […]
Home Town of Nobel Laureate Willard Boyle
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An “electronic eye” co-inventor, Nobel laureate (2009) Willard Boyle was a Canadian physicist. In 1969 Willard Boyle and George Smith, while working in Bell Laboratories, designed the first Charge Coupled Device (CCD). The CCD has become the bedrock of the digital imaging revolution including digital photography and video. Willard Sterling Boyle was born on Aug. […]
Bicentennial Biotechnical Garden
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A series of gardens and an extensive plant collection on the 60 hectare Agricultural Campus of Dalhousie University provides a living laboratory for the landscape horticulture program. Trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and farm crops are displayed and interpreted in both functional use settings and in naturalistic areas.
- Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Bible Hill, NS B2N 4J5
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- https://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attractions/bicentennial-botanical-gardens/7753
Colchester Historeum
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Colchester Historeum is a museum and archives preserving thousands of records, documents, publications and photos. The Historeum offers an array of programs and maintains a collection of artifacts that depict the settling of the region to the present day.