River Bourgeois, D'Escousse, Petit-de-Grat... this area is pure Acadia. French since 1650, Isle Madame is named for Madame de Maintenon, second wife of King Louis XIV. This is a land of barren coasts, with small spruce trees. This is as perhaps as close as Nova Scotia gets to the allure of Newfoundland.

The villages are among the prettiest in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Bicycle Book guides bikers around the Island, included to villages it recommends, such as Little Anse, and Sampson Cove near Petit-de-Grat. Narrow roads run seemingly all over the place, hard to tell apart from driveways. This guide selection is great for casual cyclists

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

 

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