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The Annapolis Valley , stretching 110km northeast from Annapolis Royal to Wolfville, is sheltered from the winds and fog that afflict much of the central part of the province by a narrow band of coastal hills. This factor, combined with the fertility of the soil, makes the valley and the coast as far as Windsor - another 25km to the east - ideal for fruit growing. As a consequence, the brief weeks of apple-blossom time, from late May to early June, are the subject of much sentimental and commercial exploitation - as well as the communal knees-up of the Apple-Blossom Festival . The string of little towns that dot the valley were settled by Loyalists from New England after the expulsion of the Acadians, but although several of them are pretty places where old wooden houses are sheltered by mature trees only two stand out. These are delightful Annapolis Royal , with its handsome Victorian mansions and proximity to the historic site of Port Royal , and Wolfville , an amiable university town of some charm. Wolfville is also within easy striking distance of Grand Pre National Historic Site and the harsh scenery of capes Blomidon and Split . Further east, Windsor is no great shakes, but it is the site of the Haliburton House Museum, the former home of the nineteenth-century humorist Thomas Haliburton. Annapolis Royal and Wolfville are both served by Acadian Lines bus , who operate a once daily service from Halifax along the Annapolis Valley.
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