Fun Fact: The city of Boston, MA sent a lot of aid to Halifax after the explosion. So much so that Nova Scotia sent Boston a big ol’ Christmas Tree and now sends one every year to put up in the main park to say thanks! Though, they didn’t start sending it regularly until 1971, so it could be a result of all the sentimentalization

@shadow6543

6 ай бұрын

Born and raised in the greater Boston area I never knew this! Very cool

@sc100ott

6 ай бұрын

Hopefully the tree comes WITHOUT the frightening giant animatronic talking face?

@yaush_

6 ай бұрын

@@sc100ottI think Boston needs one of those bad boys

@superjumpbros64

5 ай бұрын

Fun fact: at schools in elementary, some schools flip the desks in the morning to suprise students and then teach them about the Halifax Explosion

@BrianBurkeProd

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw that in The Commons today. Very interesting the connection between Atlantic Canada and New England. Before the revolution they were pretty much one region.

Barrett's Privateers is a cool song because it's a "mock" shanty. It's meant to sound like it's an old 18th century ballad that's been passed down for generations, but it was actually composed by Stan Rogers, a folk singer from the 70s and probably the most famous Atlantic Canadian musician of all time.

@larrybxl5406

6 ай бұрын

an excellent song!

@ExplosiveBrohoof

6 ай бұрын

@@larrybxl5406 And an excellent musician who was taken from us too soon.

@SomeYank9

6 ай бұрын

I’m an American, but I have to admit that Barrett’s Privateers is a great song and Stan is my favorite folk singer ever.

@themanyouwanttobe

6 ай бұрын

And despite being famous as an Atlantic Canadian, he was born and raised in Ontario, though did frequently visit family in Nova Scotia.

@beardlessodin945

6 ай бұрын

It’s true everyone here on the island loves Stan and when you say “Listening to some Stan,” it’s a foregone conclusion that you’re referring to Stan Rogers.

“These boat propellor things seem to be one popular motif in recognition of…boats.” Hard-hitting reporting as always JJ.

@jaymzx0

5 ай бұрын

The subtle pause gave me a laugh.

@ThoughtSP95

5 ай бұрын

Award winning!

As someone from Nova Scotia, this was quite a nice video. A couple things that I'd want to point out is that the Maritimes and Atlantic Canada are not interchangeable, as Newfoundland and Labrador are not a part of the Maritimes. Also I find it kind of interesting how you called Lunenberg a city, and Truro a small town considering that Truro is far larger and has a larger population (although to be fair I wouldn't consider Truro a city either). Also I'm surprised that garlic fingers aren't a thing outside of here as they're offered at pretty much every large pizza chain around here lol. Also lobster rolls are more of a tourist food than something that Atlantic Canadians eat. Like I've had my fair share of lobster sandwiches, and lobster in generial, but lobster rolls are typically offered at tourist trap restaurants.

@toddle8258

6 ай бұрын

Yeah and the donare was invented by an immigrant who lived here

@michaelledrew6006

6 ай бұрын

​@@toddle8258Donair. It's based off of the kebab. It's unique in using beef instead of lamb and it's use of donair sauce. Garlic fingers and Donald have been made popular across the Atlantic thanks to Greco Pizza.

@nwefie_

6 ай бұрын

we have garlic fingers here in ontario. ignore the username.

@JamieElli

6 ай бұрын

I feel like at least in most of the US, garlic fingers exist mostly as an appetizer at some pizza places, but are mostly called cheese sticks, or sometimes cheesy breadsticks. But those names can mean other things, too.

@Cavouku

6 ай бұрын

As someone from Truro, I also wouldn't call our little hub a city. But if we're not, then Lunenburg most certainly isn't. Cute place, but smol. Lobster rolls are okay sometimes, but garlic fingers... man, I could go for some right now.

I've also heard the story of kids getting bullied for bringing lobster to school - but only through a friend who heard it somewhere. Thanks for bringing some sort of credence to the anecdote. The second part of the story was that all the 'rich' kids brought peanut butter sandwiches.

@judgesaturn507

6 ай бұрын

Since that video JJ made about the 'big four American foods' I'm quite taken by this concept of how culture can 'reverse' and what was originally a status symbol can become a signifier of lower socioeconomic background, and vice versa. Like what he said about how 'poor people's sandwiches' are now the more expensive ones, as well as seafood becoming a delicacy due to its rarity

@groussac

6 ай бұрын

It's odd how people judge other people over meaningless, stupid stuff. A lobster sandwich sounds pretty gourmet to me, but what do I know? Back in middle school a kid pitied me and my peanut butter sandwich, offering to buy me comfort food from the school cafeteria steam trays. I was shocked, both by his generosity and that anyone would consider my lunch as something to be pitied. Til then, I had always considered my home prepped lunch superior to what my class mates were forced to eat because their mothers didn't have the time to send them to school with a proper meal. I felt like his pity was an attack on our family's honor, so I didn't handle the situation well. He meant no harm. This happened a long time ago in Louisville, KY. I guess peanut butter was considered poor people food--I guess--but mine was covered with bits of banana, another sign of mom's creative love for me. Still, to this day, I'd rather eat a peanut butter sandwich than what I see offered in school cafeterias. Steamed over, limp, something-or-other. Prison food. Their fish sticks on Fridays were okay. At least they smelled good. That was the only food of theirs that I would have liked to have eaten...

@ComfortableTool86

6 ай бұрын

Same, I remember my grandmother telling me that lobster used to be consider poor people food. no idea how true that is

@brianmcurtis

6 ай бұрын

Shame for lobster sandwiches was a story my great grandfather told me... "When I was a boy, lobster was good for two things: tearing up nets and fertilizer!"

@nickmacneil3055

6 ай бұрын

Rich kids brought bologna - in cape Breton at least

Please do a video on idiomatic "Dutch" things and their origins -- The Flying Dutchman, Dutch Ovens, Double Dutch, and why there seem to be so many phrases and terms like this.

@egodeosum

6 ай бұрын

That could be interesting because, with exception of the the flying dutchman (vliegende hollander) which is familiar to people in the Netherlands, a fair number of things referred to as Dutch don't seem all that related to the Dutch. I only know what is meant by dutch ovens and double dutch because of my familiarity with American culture.

@noway8259

6 ай бұрын

The dutch camera angle?

@folppki2256

6 ай бұрын

​@@noway8259going Dutch

@folppki2256

6 ай бұрын

Going Dutch

@folppki2256

6 ай бұрын

​@@egodeosumdo you guys have a tradition of "going Dutch " that's when on a date the couple will split the bill instead of the man paying.we in America say it's because the Dutch are very cheap

As a native maritimer, imagine my culture shock as an international student in Istanbul asking for donair. Expected what was shown here, got donair meat with yoghurt and tomatoes on a flatbread with cucumbers. Thanks for reviewing Atlantic Canada! We're so forgotten over here that I'm sure your award-winning video will be all over social media and the news (only half-joking).

@jesseoglidden

6 ай бұрын

A much better version.

@deepsouldiving

6 ай бұрын

We don't forget you! I think about you often!

@MikeU128

6 ай бұрын

FWIW that sounds nearly identical to what a lot of family-owned fast food places call "gyros" in the Chicago area. Chicago-style gyros typically include raw onions (and sometimes feta cheese) in addition to the tomato and yogurt sauce. Yum!

@yourunclejoe9500

6 ай бұрын

nova scotians when they have to eat vegetables

@patrickmurphy3179

6 ай бұрын

I'm in the US Midwest and the Maritimes are on my bucket list to visit.

J.J. please make this a series, just going to different places in Canada and explaining them. Maybe even the Saskatchewanans can forgive you if you revisit there! Lol

@AholeAtheist

6 ай бұрын

Can we all agree just to call them Skatchetoons instead? LOL

@Hoopsnake

5 ай бұрын

@@AholeAtheist The correct term is Samsquanches

@AholeAtheist

5 ай бұрын

@@Hoopsnake True! Fucking cavemen.

The most atlantic canada thing about this video is how JJ mostly only talked about nova scotia 😂 Great video! PLEASE show more about new brunswick, we are in dire need of even a little bit of recognition!!!!!

@drinkmoreagua8984

6 ай бұрын

And the most new Brunswicker thing to do is complain that Halifax gets the attention it deserves

@Hsalf904

6 ай бұрын

And it was very Halifax-specific even within NS lol

@Cipher_G1

6 ай бұрын

@@drinkmoreagua8984 You don't say lol

@StarrryLove

6 ай бұрын

@@drinkmoreagua8984Halifax doesn’t deserve all the attention in a video that has “Atlantic Canada” in its title 😂

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

6 ай бұрын

@@drinkmoreagua8984as someone who’s lived in Halifax, Halifax doesn’t deserve THAT much credit. In fact, much of the industry of Nova Scotia is found in rural areas like Bridgewater, Pictou, Truro, Antigonish and New Brunswick is home to the Irving’s, a rather controversial business empire that basically controls much of industry in Atlantic Canada.

I'm from New Brunswick and I can confirm that, decades ago (60's-70's) Lobster was viewed as poor peoples food & that some kids would bring Tomalley sandwich's (the edible green stuff in a Lobster) to school. Some sailors still called them the cockroaches of the sea due to the abundance of Lobsters here.

@TheBeezors

5 ай бұрын

Ditto

Generally, Atlantic Canada includes PEI, NB, NS, and NL, whereas the Maritimes excludes NL. Small difference but worth noting!

@adamscott5950

6 ай бұрын

True, my understanding is Joey Smallwood felt that NL was too culturally different from the rest of the Maritimes and so coined the term “Atlantic Canada” to include NL

@naut901

6 ай бұрын

I was waiting for someone to mention this. Thank you.

@jacquelinelabossiere-jager2453

5 ай бұрын

Yep, thanks for pointing that out

@stephanierichards150

5 ай бұрын

I noted this also as I was watching. I wonder if it's also because the 3 provinces joined confederation significantly before NL did. Were they collectively already known as the Maritimes in 1949?

@sebastianquilt

5 ай бұрын

More than likely. Maritimes is a colloquial term which describes any sea-dependent area usually. @@stephanierichards150

Maybe you could make a video specifically about how much the regional Canadian cultures share with their cross-border counterparts. You've alluded to that in many videos, but showing us how Atlantic Canadians probably have more in common with New Englanders than they do with BC-ers, and doing this for all the regional subcultures would be great for proving how America and Canada are part of one big civilization. I also just like your travel videos to random places in the world to see how a guy of your persuasions sees them (yes including the Ireland one). I love your approach to tell us about the important but unsaid/ubiquitous things in a place's folk and popular culture. And I love seeing your own drawings!

@JollyOldCanuck

6 ай бұрын

Most provinces have more in common with the states immediately to their south than their neighbouring provinces to the east or west, e.g., an Ontarian will feel right at home in northern NY, Michigan, or northern Ohio. The cultural similarities also extend deep across the border in some regions, e.g., Ontario is culturally compatible with with every state along the east coast from NY to northern Virginia. The lower mainland of BC is culturally identical to Washington State, Alberta has a lot in common with Montana, etcetera.

@JamieElli

6 ай бұрын

You could also say the same about the US, New Englanders may have more in common with Atlantic Canada than with they do with people from the Pacific Northwest.

@Hsalf904

6 ай бұрын

We have some things in common with NE that we don’t with the rest of Canada but I think our separate histories and political climates have made us significantly different at this point

@highway2heaven91

6 ай бұрын

I don’t fully agree with this statement because there are far too many things that tie Canadians and Americans together even though it’s true that cross-border similarities exist. For example, people in NS and BC share a familiarity with Tim Hortons that people in ME or VT don’t have. The love of Hockey that Nova Scotians may share with Albertans isn’t shared between Albertans and Montanans. Yes there’s a lot that ties transborder regions together, but being under different governments, shopping at different stores and businesses, watching different television channels and celebrating different holidays is what brings both countries together.

@mackenziedinel4855

5 ай бұрын

As someone from Niagara Falls, Ontario, I would be very interested in a video like this!

This video was pretty Nova Scotia specific, but I would argue the most widely known piece of popular Maritime Canadian culture is Anne of Green Gables.

@dhendable

5 ай бұрын

I was going to say Trailer Park Boys :P

@danamania150

4 ай бұрын

Yes!!! When I hear Nova Scotia I picture Green Gables

10:23 The best thing about this video is that J.J is still a family man. Like seems genuinely kind and would be a great mate. I would definitely have a pint with him and talk about cultural, political history Canadian stuff but I don’t know why but the WhatsApp message between you and your mum really brightened up my day. Cheers J.J I also love these vlog styles J.J don’t change it. Maybe even add more historical/cultural details to them with tours or touring with a friend who’s a local or maybe even fans of yours that are local. It’s brilliant and really fun. Would love to visit Canada one day and Nova Scotia and Vancouver is on the list.

One secret piece of Halifax lore that JJ evidently was not exposed to is that we 'Halifaxers' actually call ourselves 'Haligonians'... why, you ask? I have no idea! Thanks for visiting us JJ, I hope you had a great time!

@reidcollinson2074

6 ай бұрын

He actually said it during his piece on the bridge!

@canuckguy0313

6 ай бұрын

Haligonians is much more fun to say too!

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned this. Even though he tried to get it right during the bridge bit, he still pronounced it wrong. For any come from aways, it is pronounced 'Hal - ih - go - nee - ans', but said really fast, with the accent on the Hal. And yes.... no one really knows where that moniker comes from, but it is what we refer to ourselves as.😊 Cheers!

I'm from Argentina and in La Boca, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires known for it's harbour, houses are also painted in many different bright colours. The explanation is that when the houses were first built people there were very poor and used to paint their houses with whatever paint was left over from the ships in the harbour, so it was all different mismatched colours. Maybe that's an explanation for Halifax houses as well

@pannkale9259

6 ай бұрын

I'm from Italy and one of Venice's islands, called Burano, is famous for its colored houses (some of them have unique designs as well), and the explanation for that is that the fishermen could find their houses more easily in the thick fog😆

@Steadyaim101

6 ай бұрын

Makes sense! A lot of houses here were built from old lumber when the ships were retired

@Hsalf904

6 ай бұрын

I’m from Nova Scotia and that’s what I’ve heard too. I don’t think it would be the case in Halifax because a lot of them were rich merchants’ houses but definitely the case in smaller fishing communities

@ImranZakhaev9

6 ай бұрын

I always associate colourful row houses with St John’s, Newfoundland, not Halifax. But I guess you’re right, it’s just a “coastal town” quirk.

@Littleone124

6 ай бұрын

​@@pannkale9259Burano is such a beautiful island. I hope to visit it again someday.

Hey! Nova Scotian J. J. viewer here! I was very excited when I saw the video pop up in my feed as our little corner of the country doesn't tend to get much coverage even by Canadian KZreadrs. While I don't live in Halifax you definitely did a great job of picking out items to include on your page as I was instantly able to recognise them all. I also had no idea the garlic fingers were only an Atlantic Canada thing. Thought they were everywhere lol. Thanks for the great video as always J. J.! Also if anyone has any questions about Nova Scotia I can do my best to answer them in the replies :)

@jacobmacdonald5940

6 ай бұрын

Came here to say the same thing; as a Halifax resident it always catches me by surprise when I see "Halifax" pop up in the media. It's funny to see J.J. explain garlic fingers, lobster rolls, and donairs as these weird foreign objects when they've been a staple in our diets for as long as I can remember.

@remarkablysquare3216

6 ай бұрын

@@jacobmacdonald5940 I knew that donairs and lobster rolls weren't so common elsewhere but I genuinely thought that garlic fingers were just a normal thing to find at pizza chains everywhere lol

As a Haligonian you don’t know how happy I am to see you make a video about us JJ! I don’t know how you managed to not mention the trailer park boys once tho😂

@AholeAtheist

6 ай бұрын

As a TPB fan the drawing I noticed when the whole page was flashed near the start of the video was the smoke stacks which I recognized from earlier seasons. I once even tried to use them as a landmark to try and find "Sunnyvale" on Google maps. Fortunately some Canadian fans have shared the aerial images of the locations used so my failure to find it wasn't so sad. LOL

@gabyfenwick5229

6 ай бұрын

Drawing was missing a pack a smokes, pepperoni and a bag of chicken chips. Lol.

@jensmith5430

6 ай бұрын

​​@@AholeAtheist I used to live in the trailer park that some of season 1 was filmed in! I think I heard they eventually bought a plot of land to film in because the trailer park owners didn't like being associated with them 😂 (it is not called Sunnyvale, but that is the name of a street near by)

@thechief00

4 ай бұрын

@@jensmith5430 I grew up in Millwood. small world lol.

I'm from around the shores of Lake Superior (USA), and I think it's cool that even this far inland we have water access to the Atlantic through the St. Lawrence River.

@chiconube1693

6 ай бұрын

Hello from the Keweenaw! 👋🏻

@Borninxixax

6 ай бұрын

@@chiconube1693Let’s go Marquette!

@isaacverhelst3983

6 ай бұрын

We do yes. Also where on Lake Superior are you at?

@toddthedrysocket

6 ай бұрын

the st lawrence seaway finished in 1959 allowed great lake ports to receive ocean vessels - this was a major economic blow to halifax

My favorite explanation for the colorful houses I’ve heard when visiting a colorful maritime city is that it’s so the men at sea could see the bright colored dots, and know which one waswas their home/wife they were looking towards when returning

You found yourself in our little Hermit Kingdom I see. I have some things to say :) The Donair was actually started in Halifax not by Turkish immigrants, but by one specific Greek immigrant in Halifax in the 70s. Not only have we shamlessly adopted and altered this Turkish dish, we attribute it to the Greeks which must perturb the Turks lol Also, be careful calling Dartmouth just another part of Halifax. Yes Dartmouth is in the HRM (So is Sackville and Bedford) but it was a city (in martime terms) of its own up until amalgamation in 1999. Dartmouth had its own mayor and everything. Darksiders don't like to be called Haligonians in the same way an Irish person would cringe at being called British. Thanks for stopping by!

@meghanlynn7609

6 ай бұрын

Fellow Nova Scotian here with the added bonus of having a Turkish ex-husband and I can verify the "peturbed" about the donair situation on the east coast of Canada is an understatement lol My then husband and uncle/God father literally argued over the origins of the donair at my wedding 🤦🏼‍♀️ My uncle was only willing to concede that donairs were possibly invented in Montreal and then brought east by a Greek immigrant, my then husband was at his limit as there are a few Greek vs Turkish food rivalries (for the love of god don't ask a Turk who invented Greek yogurt first lol!) He kept telling me uncle "we invented it when we were nomadic, our word "döner" (same pronunciation) literally means to rotate which is how it is cooked. Our language is older than Montreal, C'mon man!" Tons of fun lol. The way I look at it is we may not have invented it but we sure did perfect it lol

@JMM33RanMA

6 ай бұрын

I had my first Döner kebab in Turkey, but they told me it was invented by Turkish guest workers in Germany, and the name Döner came from the German to turn. Int is is very popular in Germany, I saw it in Germany in 1970s.

@johncam8420

6 ай бұрын

Ok, so Dartmouth to Halifax is like Mississauga to Toronto, I guess.

@Skoozi

6 ай бұрын

@@meghanlynn7609 Spit roasted meat in a pita was not invented here but Donair is what it is because of the sweet sauce. Like how Mcdonald's didn't invent hamburgers but they did invent the Big Mac.

@eisenerballer

6 ай бұрын

Saying Dartmouth is part of halifax will unironically get you stabbed in a lot of parts of Dartmouth

Newfoundland is not a maritime provence. It is part of Atlantic canada

@rosyjuliebc

6 ай бұрын

I agree! Atlantic Canada and Maritime Canada are not the same thing. Still a fun video to watch though ☺

@italiano52

5 ай бұрын

It's barely Canada! Also, Provence is in France, I think you mean "province".

I don't know about travel, but I think it might be fun to do a video about the game "Risk" and specifically, its map. How it chooses to name certain territories the way it does, and how it's borders are weirdly drawn. That could reflect some deeper ideas in the culture it was drawn in.

Whenever you go on trips and doodle out your experiences, you could try drawing what you think your trip will look like, drawing different symbols associated with that country, stereotypes, etc. compared to what that place is really like

As an note, another iconic food in this area is wild blueberries. Oxford, which is close to New Brunswick, is called the blueberry capital of Canada and Oxford Frozen foods is known wide for its frozen blueberries. My grandfather owned a blueberry farm up around the Oxford area.

Thank you Dear JJ, we Scotians are often so easily forgotten. Its nice to get a little recognition.

JJs passion for illustration has gone up a level, I love to see it

As someone who spent most of the first 29 years of my life as a resident of the former Halifax County, I approve. I get back when I can. My mom arrived in Canada from Scotland at Pier 21 in the 50s.

Am I the only one surprised to find out that JJ is actually the one who’s been drawing the cartoons for his videos? Man’s got fucking talent.

It's always fun to inform maritimers that the rest of the world does not have garlic fingers. It seems like the most natural thing in the world here.

@JJMcCullough

6 ай бұрын

When I first heard of them I assumed it was just some name they gave to some common thing everyone has, like garlic bread or something, but no, it's pretty unique!

@folppki2256

6 ай бұрын

​@@JJMcCulloughJJ you should do a video about the Battle of Quebec City by the Americans or maybe the Brits when they captured it? Maybe show us the battleistes and how this one event really made Canada the way it is

@Cavouku

6 ай бұрын

The first time I spoke to some people from Ohio, they were humming and hawing over what to eat, I said "You could order some garlic fingers I guess", and they had no idea what I was talking about. I was dumbfounded. "Garlic fingers, you know, they have them at every pizza place? Served with donair sauce, maybe some bacon bits? Hold on, lemme get a picture." And then Wikipedia informs me it's an East Coast thing. To repeat; I was dumbfounded.

@stephenmk1344

6 ай бұрын

Sigh… he got the garlic fingers… he got the donairs…. But missed the ‘garlic fingers and donair sauce’ angle. That’s the whole point!

@meghanlynn7609

6 ай бұрын

​@@JJMcCulloughas a Native Nova Scotian doing my second stint in Alberta I thank you for acknowledging the uniqueness of our garlic fingers - NO they are not garlic bread/sticks and they are nothing alike. When I moved to Edmonton at 19 my new friends couldn't understand why I was so upset about the lack of garlic fingers and why garlic bread cut into skinny pieces just wasn't the same. Hope you enjoyed your visit to the beautiful east coast - you should see her in the summer time. Also glad you made it to Lunenburg. It's a beauty both in terms of scenery and people.

I used to live about 20 miles from New Brunswick when I lived in Maine. The time I spent there was pretty interesting. Honestly in a lot of ways it felt more similar to northern Maine than it does to other parts of Canada that I have been to. It’s very beautiful there.

@Mothman156

6 ай бұрын

Yeah us Maritimers have a lot in common with Maine. Similar culture, similar food. Our accents are very different I've noticed. At least my accent as a Nova Scotian is different from the "Down east" accent as I think you guys call it. Everyone I know who goes to Maine says they get picked out because of their accents and told they sound funny 😂

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

6 ай бұрын

I’m the opposite case where I’m from NB but been to Maine and have family in New Hampshire. I definitely see what you mean. The Northeast United States is a great region.

Donairs and garlic fingers are the iconic examples, but the one food that shocked me the most was actually egg rolls. In most of Canada at least, and probably elsewhere based on Wikipedia, egg rolls contain a mix of vegetables and meat. In Nova Scotia though, meat egg rolls contain a unique brown-grey meat paste with no vegetables at all. I was shocked (and honestly dismayed) the first time I had egg rolls without my beloved meat paste, only to discover it was a purely local thing.

@marikroyals7111

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like donair rolls to me.

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

@@marikroyals7111 Donair rolls were based on the egg rolls. At a friends restaurant, they used a blend of pork, beef, onion, and spices, all put through a grinder, to produce the filling for the egg rolls. This was being done years, before even the donair showed up in the 70's. And yes.... I was surprised when I had my first vegetable egg roll, when travelling. Still tasty.... but I really like the all meat Maritime style.😊

@Mothman156

4 ай бұрын

Wow, I need to leave HRM more. I have always taken for granted that pure meat egg rolls were a universal facet of American-Chinese food considering its available in every Chinese food restaurant here.

@Bigkilla99

Ай бұрын

I never knew this. I love the meat paste. The rest of the world needs the meat paste.

I wanted to add that Boston was very swift to respond to the Halifax explosion and sent help asap. Because of this, Halifax sends Boston their Christmas tree every year. It’s one of my favorite things about Boston and it’s a major reason I’m going to Halifax soon.

@NimanWielder01

6 ай бұрын

I briefly thought you meant Woody... that would be quite the present to get every year...

After living in St John's Newfoundland for a summer (which also has many colourful houses), I learned that families would paint them with the paint left over from their fishing boats. At this point its become a tradition across Atlantic Canada.

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

@@RyanSheppard-tq4pg Well... everything used to be shipped by sea. Port city to port city. Traditions and stories would be spread by Mariners. I'm sure that some of the very colourful houses in Portugal would have been painted that way, for the same reason. Then it spread to St. John's, and so on, and so on. It could have 'spontaneously' occurred in multiple locations at around the same time..... but given the long standing trade routes between Europe, the Maritimes, and the Caribbean, much more likely that it was spread by Mariners. Think of the rum trade. Rum shipped to England from the Caribbean, empty barrels shipped to Newfoundland, Screech made by boiling out the rum barrels, barrels filled with salt fish, then shipped to the Caribbean to feed the slaves, who gathered the sugar to make the rum. So is it any surprise that rum is a favoured drink in the Maritimes, and that salt fish is a favoured food in the Caribbean. So yes, port cities can have far reaching effects, well beyond their 'remote' location. And this is how "a trsdition (sic) on an island in a city on the far stretches of that island effect the results in the other 3 provinces."

Hey JJ, just wanted to say I love this video and thank you for portraying Nova Scotia in a good light!! I've always lived in NS and have always watched for a shoutout or comment about this province/area, and seeing you treat my province with respect while showing it off was very satisfying! Thank you!! ❤

I'm from New Brunswick. It blows my mind that garlic fingers aren't ubiquitous. Whenever you order a pizza, you almost always get an order of garlic fingers, and it always comes with donair sauce. When I was in Alberta recently, people were talking about ordering "cheesy bread" and I didn't know what to expect but it's basically the equivalent of garlic fingers without the garlic

I love seeing drawings connected to places in the world. Especially ones you might not get at first glance if you’ve never been there or don’t know a lot about the area.

The Woody talking tree in MicMac was only brought back right before the pandemic, he was taken out in 2006 because they did not want to spend money to renovate him so they removed him, but now he’s back with a new look

What a wonderful early christmas gift One of my favourite canadian youtubers talking about my home town . You almost never hear anyone outside of halifax talk about halifax so its a special treat to hear about what makes it special from you of all people jj

My mom and JJ's mom have the exact same texting tone, punctuation, and syntax. It's just a short sample here, and on the surface there's nothing remarkable about how it's written, but it's absolutely unmistakable. We were born 11 months apart so our moms are likely a similar age.

@j.j.mcullough I have to say I love your videos about Canadian Culture, and excited you did a maritime video. I'm originally from the unique Western PA culture, and like 10 minutes from Canada, but never started going until I was living in GA. I mainly vacation now in Canada mainly the Maritimes since moving to AZ. It brings me back to a more affordable and mindset of going to my grandparents home in Maine. (that and my wife/kids now are ethnic French Canadian's but New Mexicans so part of the push out in the early colonial period) Keep up the good work and if every in AZ hit me up!

Thanks, man. My wife and I are actually planning a trip to Halifax in May, so this is giving us a lot to look forward to!

Loved this video JJ! I was born and raised in Nova Scotia for the past 25 years but left home to work abroad in Australia. Seeing the icons of back home made me tear up a little, and made me hungry for donairs. Glad you enjoyed your time there!

The lobster story reminded of me something a friend of my mine from Equador recently told me. He has an a few avocado trees at his family home in Quito and when he was growing up avocados were so ubiquitous and plentiful that he often fed them to his dogs. Funny considering how in Europe and North America they are seen as a very elitist food!

@noway8259

6 ай бұрын

Part of it is that they take lots of water to grow and don't grow especially quickly.

I understand that you only visited Halifax but this video seemed more like one on Nova Scotia rather than one on the whole of Atlantic Canada or even the Maritimes.

@connorclarke1708

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Kinda boils down the entire region into just the one city.

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I thought that too. It’s like going to New York City and saying it represents the entire New York State and mountain ranges around the state.

I feel like there must be a not insignificant chance that the term "blue nose" comes from the literal cold blue noses of the old, weathered fishermen and other maritime workers who would work along the ports in the frigid winter weather.

as someone from New Brunswick, I would love to see your next video bring you to our underwhelming province

@ComfortableTool86

6 ай бұрын

also you can get moon mist here, not just in NS

It's funny that I'm a BC boy who has lived in Halifax for 10 years, and of course when I take a trip back to Vancouver (currently typing this looking at Granville Island), is when JJ films an episode 2 blocks from my apartment in Halifax haha.

@ClumpypooCP

6 ай бұрын

I also moved to halifax from vancouver. What are your thoughts on the two cities?

@TopGunner4411

6 ай бұрын

@@ClumpypooCP Many similarities in the sense that they are both harbor cities with some very old sections which have been simply "paved over" as time goes on. I find that Halifax is generally much more friendly in the sense that total strangers may strike up a bit of small talk with you, wave, say hi, etc. Whereas being from Vancouver originally this felt quite strange. Halifax also feels like more of a party city than Vancouver, probably due to the fact that a significant portion of Halifax's population is students from Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, NASCAD, and The Mount. As a result the city has many more young people, not all of whom are from the province. In short I enjoy both Halifax and Vancouver. There is no prettier place in Canada, and possibly the world than BC, and despite the other issues the city may currently be facing the backdrop will never be any less breathtaking for me.

0:23 Avoid using the terms "Maritimes" and "Atlantic Canada" interchangeably; you'll annoy a bunch of people in Newfoundland and Labrador. The two terms refer to different sets of provinces. Maritimes = NS + NB + PEI Atlantic Canada = NS + NB + PEI + NL

@JJMcCullough

6 ай бұрын

Oh boo hoo

@ClumpypooCP

6 ай бұрын

hahahaha@@JJMcCullough

@stanbrown32

6 ай бұрын

After all, NS, NB, and PEI are a single division of Canada in terms of the Senate, having 24 senators, while Newfoundland got a separate group of 6 senators when it joined Canada in 1949.

@TheSionnis

6 ай бұрын

Oh sorry. I wasn't trying to poke fun or anything. I was trying to be helpful.@@JJMcCullough

Thanks for sharing all these Halifacts!

Thank you J.J. I am glad you enjoyed your time here. Would love to see a video in New Brunswick and P.E.I!

Perfectly timed, I'm working on a tabletop role-playing campaign based in Newfoundland so I've been trying to research East Coast Canadian stuff literally as I type this lol

@remarkablysquare3216

6 ай бұрын

I'm happy there are people out there interested in our maritime culture!

I'm not sure if this is true for Atlantic Canada, but for some of the coastal cities in San Mateo County, California (where I live), it gets foggy and gray quite frequently. They have brightly colored houses in some of those cities like Pacifica and Daly City, and even in coastal areas of the city and county of San Francisco itself. The going thought is that they do this so they can actually see a little color after the 100th gray day in a row.

@Skoozi

6 ай бұрын

I think it's also to help people spot the town from sea on the foggier days

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

6 ай бұрын

My hometown in Atlantic Canada, Saint John, in New Brunswick is notorious for fog. It’s on the Bay of Fundy, bordering Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, so the bay is home to the largest tides in the world and there absolutely is a lot of fog to the point ships are hardly visible at times.

I really enjoy these videos discussing the culture of a particular place.

As a Nova Scotian living in Calgary, I really miss my Halifax style egg rolls, my Farmers milk, walking around Point Pleasant park, Walking home from Uniacke district school on a spring day, visiting my cousin's farm in Falmouth and going to Oaklawn farm/zoo.

As a Nova Scotian, I learned a lot from this video. Guess I don't really know much about the province even though I live here. You've also made me remember that Woody exists. That is unforgivable.

@Ghostvertigo

6 ай бұрын

I'm from Cape Breton NS and I leaned something too. Other than main thing that most NS know about like Garlic fingers, Peggy's & bluenose this was mostly a Halifax episode! So don't feel bad I was in the same boat for some of it haha

Atlantic Canada and the Maritime provinces aren't the same thing. The maritime provinces are only Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI. when you add Newfoundland it then becomes Atlantic Canada

@JJMcCullough

6 ай бұрын

why?

@TheTroyc1982

6 ай бұрын

@@JJMcCullough well NFLD only became part of Canada in 1949, 80 years after the maritime provinces. NFLD is much further away from the maritime provinces which you can visit all 3 by car in 2 hours but to get to NFLD is a 10 hour ferry ride and making it much more isolated. NFLD was also its own dominion until 1949 and has a distinct culture and dialect from the other maritime provinces. NFLD is as distinct from the maritime provinces as the maritime provinces are to Ontario. Finally geography, the maritime provinces are mostly flat and very suitable for agriculture however NFLD is pretty rocky and and hilly and not suitable for agriculture at all. P.S. the sweet sauce serve with donair is what makes it a donair. without the sweet sauce, called donair sauce, it is not a donair. The sauce, which was developed in N.S., is what make it a Nova Scotian dish, Just like it's the cheese curds and gravy and not the fries that make poutine, poutine.

@SteveSkafte

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@JJMcCulloughBecause the term “The Maritimes” was in use long before Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949, so it was a late addition to the area. Not including Newfoundland under the historic designation avoided any confusion on which provinces were being referred to.

I'm glad you are getting out and about, and share with us your discoveries! 😺

As a nova scotia living now on the west coast this made my day! love seeing the highlights of halifax!

You could go to New-Brunswick and talk about the history of the Acadians (the deportation). Visit some of the many historical sites and towns.

This is first 'doodle sheet' video I've seen you do. And I hope to see dozens more!

Great video about our province, thanks. Hope you had a good trip.

I gotta say it’s pretty cool to see a video from my hometown!!

I share your premise that Atlantic Canada is unique and special. I used to live in Saint John and I've been to Nova Scotia many times (and P.E.I. once). It's one of my favourite places in the world.

Your comment at the end about part 3 of your Eastern Canada trip made me think I had missed an episode, then I remembered that Toronto is quite east from your perspective, haha

Fun and clever video & framing concept with the drawings 😀

Interesting! Thanks. I like the pics.

Hi JJ, I’ve watched your videos for a few years and love the content. A small correction in regard to Moon Mist - it is a flavor we have in NB, at least in Moncton. Typically can be found in the Sobeys if you’d really like to try it. Not sure if you’ve visited NB, I know many just choose to pass through the province since it’s not particularly exciting as a day-trip, but it would be nice if you could spend more time and do a video but most don’t have the luxury. The culture of the maritimes is extremely rich but does take a long to get to know, especially since there’s many things people do but don’t talk about because they’re so used to doing them or see them as ordinary that they can be overlooked. Acadian history and culture is pretty interesting to learn. Someone in the comments from NS mentioned lobster rolls not being a common Atlantic Canadian food and only for “tourists”, but this is not true for communities surrounding Moncton. Areas like Shediac enjoy a lot of lobster dishes, including their rolls in small, hole-in-the-wall type restaurants.

I'd love to see you do another video or two about the other maritime provinces. I've always been somewhat curious about Newfoundland and Labrador and PEI but have never found much on the internet about them.

@Hsalf904

6 ай бұрын

Cape Breton also deserves a video of its own. It’s basically a whole different culture and place

Moving to Halifax from Vancouver next year. Thanks for introducing the maritime culture through this video! Would be cool to see a dedicated video around Newfoundland or PEI.

@RyanSheppard-tq4pg

5 ай бұрын

He thinks this is one

This was so cool! Gladly would watch more of your drawing explanations

If you want to make more travel videos, why not continue this and make a series? Your ability to get a pulse for a place you've never been like this was incredible. I'd love to see you come to my city and talk about it and I'm sure many other viewers feel the same! Plus you'll grab some "travel blog" audience in the process!

Hey J.J. Glad you enjoyed NS. You may not truly know how impactful NS is on the rest of the maritime. I'm from NB and I can tell you many of our most popular cultural phenomena and symbols come from NS. Like most here would say donairs are also the iconic food, which the sauce being referred to as donair sauce. Moon Mist icecream is across the maritimes. One big difference is that NB and NFLD find themselves much more rooted in Irish heritage than Scottish. Come back sometime!

@RyanSheppard-tq4pg

5 ай бұрын

You're lost too

@alexl4710

5 ай бұрын

What do you mean?@@RyanSheppard-tq4pg

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

@@alexl4710 I've seen this same quote posted on other channels. I think it is a bot. No idea what originally it was referring to.🤨🤔

JJ, im so happy i found you! Your content is so interesting. I always learn so much and i just want to say thanks for sharing! 😊

I enjoyed this. All of it was news to me. Thanks for making it.

Halifax was an absolute blast in 1917 👍

@jasonmarktobin

6 ай бұрын

Too soon dude

@JJMcCullough

6 ай бұрын

yikes

This was fun. Want this for more Canadian cities with this format.

I love your drawings. More please!

I need a video like this for every travel destination

Great video of Nova Scotia culture and tidbits! Not a big fan of the title being about Atlantic Canada when you only talk about Nova Scotia though. The other Atlantic provinces are unique too (especially Newfoundland) and maybe should get their own videos at some point.

@Ghostvertigo

6 ай бұрын

It is a great video but I'm from Nova Scotia and felt it was about too Halifax area centric. Im from Cape Breton & other than garlic fingers, Donair, the lobster roll thing, the bluenose, Peggy's Cove & seeing a sign for the Cabot trial, this was mostly just a Halifax video Which I get as it' has the most population. It's just that other places are different even in the same province. So rather than maritime shoulda called it a Halifax NS video lol

I like this series a lot! Canadian cities!

I enjoyed this format, thanks

I really really liked this!!

14:18 *HE IS GOING TO QUEBEC!*

Just sat down with a beverage, perfect time for a JJ video.

Love your content JJ, keep it up !

this was really good and cute way to talk about a place, I loved this videa, and I'm from a totally different part of the world. I will totally watch more of those symbolize travel blogs.

Would love a Newfoundland/St. Johns version of this!

@RyanSheppard-tq4pg

5 ай бұрын

He thinks he already did it

My uncle works in the (lucrative) Nova Scotian golf industry; I suppose the Scottish culture truly is still alive and well. (As an idea): Maybe you could, as opposed to making collages, design collective coins for that country, province, city etc... It would follow the same rough format; draw the little weird and wonderful cultural touch points and inside jokes but then stick'm on coins. As an example: you could make a coin tail-underwear/head-Robert Stanfield (that sort of thing)... Love your videos!

I was saving this question for your next live stream! Glad to see you address it here

ATLANTIC CANADA MENTIONED 🍁🍁🦞🦞🦞⛵⛵🐟 😤😤

I'm from NS Halifax! I've been following you for years, thanks for making this video about our province :)

Across the Halifax harbour lies Dartmouth, home of Sunnyvale trailer park.

Maybe when you go to different places you can buy an article of clothing that contains some sort of stereotypical symbol of the place, like if you visited Calgary, buy a cowboy hat, a flames jersey, rancher boots and overalls. Then by the end you could ask around if you looked “just like a local” lol.

Cool video. Make this a series

Great video, your doodles are awesome, and you definitely have an eye for picking up on obscure but (to me) interesting bits of local trivia that most would never mention. Also, this particular Canadian province is interesting to me due to my grandfather's parents were French-Canadians from Nova Scotia that immigrated to the Boston in the 1910s.

I’d love to see a video on Haida Gwaii and the Haida Nation’s semi-independence. I’m not too familiar with the history but it looks interesting!

Halifaxer!? It's Haligonian thank you very much!

That Chile page of drawings is amazing! Man I won't lie, I have just arrived in Canada as an immigrant and, wating to know more about the culture of the country that was going to be my home I came across your Channel and I will say that of all the amazing channels I have discovered this past years, this has been the most amazing of all. Every one of your videos I am like: "This JJ dude is so cool".

I live around the area, nice to see a visitor!