Dream beaches and dream roads – for Canadians Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton are the most popular travel destinations on the Atlantic coast. And thanks to the warm Gulf Stream, you can still take a pleasant dip in the Atlantic as late as October. Japanese tourists are drawn to this northeast corner of Canada for another reason, however. They come on the trail of a small red-haired girl. “Anne of Green Gables” is the most famous Canadian children’s book and is prescribed reading in Japanese schools. Every year up to 70 Japanese couples come here to tie the knot in the home of the book’s author, Lucy Maud Montgomery. On our journey we meet Mi'kmaq Indians as they catch lobster, while in the company of Harley Davidson bikers we discover the Cabot Trail, one of the most beautiful coastal routes in the world. We watch as the Irish moss is harvested and take a look behind the scenes in the French fortress town of Louisbourg. Though the stories told on Prince Edward Island and on Cape Breton are very different, they all have one thing in common: people can only live off the beauty of nature here in the summer. When winter comes, many must leave the Atlantic provinces to work in Canada’s rich west, if they are to keep their heads above water.
Late Summer Up North - Canada's Atlantic Islands
Foreign Cultures / Travel
- Title: Late Summer Up North - Canada's Atlantic Islands
- Original title: Später Sommer hoch im Norden - Kanadas Atlantikinseln
- Film by: Michael Heussen
- Format: 30', Series
- Long running series: Journeys Around The World
- Production: WDR
- Year of production: 2007
- Language / subtitle version: German
