The road to yesterday: Nova Scotia's tourism landscape and the automobile age, 1920-1940

From 1920 to 1940, Nova Scotia's physical and cultural landscape was transformed by the advent of the automobile age and modern automobile tourism. Nova Scotia was represented in promotional tourism materials as an antimodern landscape with all the conveniences and infrastructure of modern life. The expansion of the provincial government into the physical landscape of the province (mainly through highway infrastructure) was coupled with a larger state role in tourism promotion. The resultant tourism landscape was geographically more diverse than that of previous decades. Tourism literature emphasized not only the scenic and recreational aspects of the province but also a cultural and historical connection to the New England states, and the presence of "the Folk" in the landscape.