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Humor Trivia

Weird Places in Atlantic Canada

Humorous,Bizarre,Peculiar & Strange Locations & Attractions across the Province

by (author) Andrew Fleming

Publisher
Blue Bike Books
Initial publish date
Jun 2009
Category
Trivia, Atlantic Provinces
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897278598
    Publish Date
    Jun 2009
    List Price
    $14.95

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Celebrate all that is odd, outrageous and downright outlandish in Atlantic Canada. From the supernatural to the screwball, this stuff can't be found on postcards! Weird!

- A Newfoundland island was once zapped by an energy beam from the sky - Several flaming phantom ships have been spotted sailing the local seas for centuries The Nazis invaded Labrador during World War II, and nobody found out about it until 40 years late

Wacky! - An island in Mahone Bay could contain a fortune in buried pirate treasure - A Nova Scotia fishing village is home to the world's only officially documented UFO crash - The islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon are still a part of France

Ghostly! - Alexander Keith's ghost is said to haunt the halls of his Halifax brewery - A New Brunswick hotel inspired the Stephen King novel The Shining

Big! - The world's highest tides, longest covered bridge, deepest causeway, beefiest bullfrog, scariest squid sculpture, largest pond hockey tournament and only giant pumpkin race are all found in Atlantic Canada.

And so much more…

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