Discover the vibrant fall colors of Canada's birthplace

However, even for Canadians, this is a land that very few people know about. That is what sparked our sense of adventure and urged us to make the trip to the far east despite many difficulties.

From Calgary, Alberta, on an autumn day, we sat for more than 5 hours on a WestJet Boeing to Halifax, Nova Scotia. At this time, while the Atlantic provinces were entering autumn, the western region of Canada was filled with falling yellow leaves on all the roads and parks, preparing for winter.

Fall Colors in Nova Scotia

Titanic Cemetery

At the suggestion of Ms. Tran Thi Thu, a Vietnamese of Tien Giang origin, currently the owner of a pho restaurant in Halifax, the first place we should set foot on is the Peggy's Point lighthouse, more than 40 km southwest of the city, because it is a part of the history of Nova Scotia province. Initially, the structure was built in 1868, then in 1915 the maritime industry built a new replacement version with a height of 15m, painted in red and white, standing tall on giant granite rocks overlooking the small bay named Peggy's Cove as it is today.

It is interesting that the locations in this bay area are all associated with the name Peggy: in addition to the lighthouse, there is also Peggy Cove, Peggy Cape and Peggy fishing village.

The wild beauty of the rocks, the Atlantic ocean, the lighthouse... has been strictly preserved and is the most photographed by tourists in the "Atlantic Canada" coast and is one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world .

Peggy fishing village is beautiful and poetic with spacious houses.

Nova Scotia was the site of the rescue of Swissair Flight 111, a Swiss airliner that took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to Geneva, which crashed off Peggy's Cove on September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people on board. The Canadian government 's search and rescue operation, recovery of the wreckage and investigation lasted four and a half years and cost more than $57 million Canadian dollars.

Today, a memorial to the victims of Swissair Flight 111 has been established more than 1km as the crow flies from Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, making it convenient for tourists to visit and pay their respects when visiting the fishing village and Peggy's Cove Lighthouse.

Known as the place where Europeans first settled in Canada, today Nova Scotia still preserves many ancient towns with wooden houses bearing the mark of the British style, with extremely diverse and non-overlapping designs... Among them, the ancient town of Lunenburg and the Grand Pré landscape are two cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO, including many shipyards, administrative buildings, and settlements that still retain their original structure and appearance from the 18th and 19th centuries... are the most typical evidence. Not to mention two famous national historical sites: Halifax Citadel and Louisbourg Fortress, which have been around for more than 300 years despite the ups and downs of the world.

Visitors often stop at the grave of the unknown child killed in the Titanic disaster.

It would be remiss not to mention the fact that the Nova Scotia maritime industry mobilized many ships to the cold waters of Newfoundland to participate in the rescue of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912. And 150 out of the 1,514 unfortunate victims were transferred to the city of Halifax, of which 121 Protestant or unclaimed bodies were buried in Fairview Cemetery, the remaining bodies were buried in cemeteries around the city for religious reasons.

More than a century after the shipwreck, groups of visitors still come to Fairview Cemetery every day to walk among the rows of granite tombstones arranged in two curved lines symbolizing the shape of the ship to commemorate the unfortunate victims. Most visitors often stop at the grave located in a solemn position at the beginning of the row with the inscription on the tombstone "In memory of the unknown child discovered after the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912". However, later, thanks to genetic analysis technology (DNA), people confirmed that the child was "Sidney Leslie Goodwin", a 19-month-old British baby who died with his entire family of 8 people.

"The autumn maple forest has dyed the color of the border"

Autumn colors on the farms in the Margaree River Valley

I often hear people who drive motorhomes to travel across the country say that: Among the countless beautiful roads in the land of maple leaves, there are 2 famous roads that are especially worth visiting once in a lifetime. One is the Icefields Parkway in western Alberta connecting the two national parks of Banff and Jasper, both of which are world heritage sites located in the snowy Rockies and many sections run parallel to hundreds of lakes, rivers, and waterfalls with emerald green color.

The second is the Cabot Trail in eastern Nova Scotia, a romantic and dreamy route that connects Cape Breton Highlands National Park at an altitude of about 400m above sea level and the Atlantic coast. It is named after the Italian explorer John Cabot, who sailed to North America in 1497. Until now, his exact stopping point has not been determined, but his spirit of exploration is always mentioned by travelers on the Cabot Trail as a tribute.

"Autumn maple forest has dyed the mountains and forests" on the Cabot Trail

At first, when I looked at the Cabot Road on the map, I was confident: With the smooth, convenient roads, if I tried, I could complete the trip in a day. But when I had gone a third of the way, I suddenly realized that it was impossible and quickly adjusted the time by an additional day. That way, we had plenty of time to complete the nearly 300 km long route, sometimes through the forest, sometimes running over many steep coastal passes, creating a circle around Cape Breton Island, which visitors can drive clockwise or counterclockwise depending on their personal preferences.

Furthermore, we can freely stop to take photos when we cannot resist the charm of the "Autumn Maple Forest dyed with the colors of the mountains and forests" with all the colors of red, yellow, orange, light purple, brown... appearing all over the roads or freely stroll into the villages in the Margaree River Valley under the brilliant canopy of Red Maple trees and let our thoughts fly away with the clouds, sky and mountain wind.

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