So much to see and do, for so little cycling! This is the land of Evangeline, celebrated in Longfellow's famous romantic poem. This tour's route winds its way through the pretty Gaspereau Valley. It leads by way of back roads, to Grand Pre National Historic Park. Here was executed the fateful orders to carry out the Expulsion of the Acadians.

The Gaspereau Valley is old Acadia. There is very little unsightly development here, just old farms, orchards. and trees. It is actually a "valley within a valley", just over the Wolfville Ridge, which separates it from the Annapolis Valley. The ridge is a climb. but by no means a mountain. About 150 meters (450 ft.) high, going up is broken into a couple of sections. If desired, they can he walked quite quickly and easily.

From Grand Pre Park the tour takes you a slightly different way of returning to Wolfville. It is possible to ride along the centuries old dyke, which heads directly into town. The Nova Scotia Bicycle Book suggests this tour as suitable for a short, relaxed outing.

Nova Scotia Bicycle Book
Gary Conrod
308 pages, 5 1/2 x 8, paper
ISBN 0-920890-80-8

 

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