Compared to Chicago

Mr. Hall and Room 202 asked about how Nova Scotia compares to the Windy City.

I have included some things about location and climate earlier in this blog, but generally Nova Scotia is considered a Canadian province and the city of Halifax is located within this larger region. Halifax has a population of about 372,000. (Remember that Halifax is where my plane flew in last week). To learn more about Halifax, please see the link at the right of this page. Much of Nova Scotia is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and so you will see a lot of fishing villages, lighthouses, harbors and marine animals Actually 4,750 miles (or 7,600 kilometers) of Nova Scotia is seacoast. Unfortunately, you can’t find lobster in Lake Michigan! Nova Scotia is generally much cooler than Chicago. Their currency (money) is currently about equal in value to the American dollar right now.

I believe it was Charlie and Joseph who asked about the forest. I found out that 87% of Nova Scotia is actually forest landscape. Good question! And yes, most of the pictures (of forested area) were taken at Cook’s Lake, which was our work site.