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The Best Attractions In Aylesford

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Oaklawn Farm Zoo

Dempsey Corner Orchards

Aylesford Lake Beach

Fort Anne National Historic Site

Fundy National Park

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens

Luckett Vineyards

Fundy Trail Parkway

Earl of Aylesford, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1714 for the lawyer and politician Heneage Finch, 1st Baron Guernsey. He had already been created Baron Guernsey in the Peerage of England in 1703. Finch was the younger son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham and the great-grandson of Elizabeth Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. Lord Aylesford's eldest son, the second Earl, represented Maidstone and Surrey in Parliament. In 1712, he married Mary Fisher, daughter of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet. Through this marriage Packington Hall in Warwickshire came into the Finch family. Their son, the...
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The Best Attractions In Aylesford

1. Oaklawn Farm Zoo Aylesford
The Oaklawn Farm Zoo is a zoo located in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was opened in 1984, and is family-owned and operated by Ron and Gail Rogerson. The zoo boasts the largest display of Big Cats and Primates in Eastern Canada. The 50-acre zoo is in a rural setting in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, and includes a wide diversity of mammals, birds and reptiles. As Nova Scotia’s largest zoo, Oaklawn has a large variety of endangered and threatened species of exotic, native and domestic breeds of animals. Children can feed corn to some of the animals and the zoo has a restaurant and gift shop. Feeding time for the big cats and bears is a popular zoo attraction. Owner Gail Rogerson enters the cages of these animals and will hand feed them meat that is collected from local farms and sur...
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2. Aylesford Lake Beach Aylesford
Aylesford Lake is a natural, fresh-water, dystrophic lake located in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, and is part of the Gaspereau Watershed. The lake encompasses approximately 190 hectares, and is surrounded by the South Mountain Rolling Plain area. Much of the lake is privately owned, making it a major recreational area for the Annapolis Valley.Aylesford Lake offers a man-made public beach - opened in 1990 - that features a boardwalk, parking lot, a public boat launch, boat docks, walking trails, canteen/concession area, male and female change houses, drinking water, clean portable washrooms, a grass open field and playgrounds. The lake is also home to the Aylesford Lake Yacht Club, and the Brigadoon Children's Camp, a non-profit recreational facility catering to children and youth liv...
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3. Dempsey Corner Orchards Aylesford
4. Fundy Trail Parkway St Martins
The Bay of Fundy is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the US state of Maine. It has an extremely high tidal range. Portions of the Bay of Fundy, Shepody Bay and Minas Basin, form one of six Canadian sites in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, and are classified as a Hemispheric site. It is administered by the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the Canadian Wildlife Service, and is managed in conjunction with Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
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5. Peggy's Cove Lighthouse Peggys Cove
Peggy's Cove is a small rural community located on the eastern shore of St. Margarets Bay in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality, which is the site of Peggys Point Lighthouse .
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6. Fundy National Park Alma
Fundy National Park is located on the Bay of Fundy, near the village of Alma, New Brunswick. The Park showcases a rugged coastline which rises up to the Canadian Highlands, the highest tides in the world and more than 25 waterfalls. The Park covers an area of 207 km2 along Goose Bay, the northwestern branch of the Bay of Fundy. When one looks across the Bay, they can see the northern Nova Scotia coast. At low tide, park visitors can explore the ocean floor where a variety of sea creatures cling to life. At high tide, the ocean floor disappears under 15 m of salt water. There are 25 hiking trails throughout the park. The Caribou Plains trail and boardwalk provides access to upland forest and bog habitats. Dickson Falls is the most popular trail in the park. Park amenities include a golf cou...
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7. Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens Annapolis Royal
Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today's Annapolis Royal evolved from the 1605 French settlement of Port Royal , renamed in honour of Queen Anne following the Siege of Port Royal in 1710 by Britain. The town was the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for almost 150 years, until the founding of the City of Halifax in 1749. It was attacked by the British six times before permanently changing hands after the Siege of Port Royal in 1710. Over the next fifty years, the French and their allies made six unsuccessful military attempts to regain the capital. Including a raid during the American Revolution, Annapolis Royal faced a total of thirteen attacks, more than any other place in North America. A...
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8. Luckett Vineyards Wolfville
Pete Luckett is a British-Canadian entrepreneur and media personality known as a culinary fruit and vegetable expert. A native of Nottingham, England, Luckett emigrated to Canada in 1979, settling in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the early 1990s, he moved from Saint John to Bedford, Nova Scotia and currently makes his home in Gaspereau, Nova Scotia.
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9. Fort Anne National Historic Site Annapolis Royal
Fort Anne is a four-star fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War. Now designated a National Historic Site of Canada, it is managed by Parks Canada. The 1797 officer's quarters was renovated in the 1930s and now house the museum with exhibits about the fort's history and historic artifacts from the area. A 1⁄2-kilometre trail runs along the fort's earthen walls, and provides a view of the Annapolis River and basin.
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Aylesford Videos

(4K) London Overground Class 378s at Rotherhithe & Canada Water with 378135 in new livery. 29.12.18

In this clip we see a number of Class 378s including the new liveried 378135 at Rotherhithe and Canada Water heading for a variety of destinations including Highbury and Islington, Dalston Junction, New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon. Filmed on 29.12.18

Our Egyptian Odyssey

A few years ago, before the Arab spring began, when things were still quiet on the Egyptian front, two Canadian couples decided to step back in time by visiting a country known to have spawned the richest and most complex civilization in earth's history. Egypt possesses vast treasures of artistic and engineering marvels dating back thousands of years. We are told that only about 30% of its treasures have been found to date. The rest still lie beneath the sands of the encroaching desert. It's time to go and see them now before time, nature, or the country itself allow those marvels to be lost forever.

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