Nova Scotia

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/cbreton/index_e.asp
Location: On the northern tip of Cape Breton Island between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean. (46°N)
Area: 950 km² (366 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1936
Historical:
1. Mi’kmaq, Acadian, French, and Scottish and other cultures, travelled, fished and settled here.
2. John Cabot reputedly made his first landfall in the New World at Aspy Bay off the east coast of Cape Breton in 1497.
3. Lone Shieling, a reproduction of a crofter's hut, was erected in 1942 to commemorate the Scottish heritage and to symbolize Cape Breton's links with the Scottish Highlands.
Features:
1. Cabot Trail

Website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/index_e.asp
Location: Between Halifax, Digby, and Yarmouth on two separate blocks
Area: Inland -- 381 km² (147 mi²); Coastal -- 22 km² (8 mi²)
Proclaimed: 1967
Historical:
1. Maritime Archaic Indians, present from about 4,500 years ago; the nomadic Woodland Indians were next; and the Mi'kmaq, descendants of these people have been here for the last 2,000 years.
Features:
1. Mi'kmaq petroglyphs