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Boston, Massachusetts
Major embarkation and city-yarn candidate
Likely useful as a pre- or post-cruise city page, but terminal-to-shop routing should be verified before launch.
In-progress Canada and New England coverage
Atlantic Canada & New England
This region is closest to the current North American data model, but the pages still need the same discipline as every other expansion: cruise terminal starts, seasonal hours, tender risk, and clear yarn-versus-craft labeling.
Candidate ports
Places we are checking before full guides go live.
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Portland, Maine
Compact port-day candidate
A strong fit for shore-day yarn browsing if current shop status and walking routes check out.
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Bar Harbor, Maine
Tender and small-town watchlist
Tender operations and local-season hours need careful treatment before recommending a route.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Tender-day plan-ahead stop
Potentially useful for textile and yarn errands, but cruise-day time can be compressed by tendering.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Strong Canada candidate
High cruise volume and urban access make Halifax a priority once current yarn-shop candidates are verified.
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Fiber and craft candidate
Promising for local wool and craft context, with seasonal hours and downtown routing to confirm.
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Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada craft and yarn watchlist
Needs current shop verification and an honest treatment of what is close enough for a cruise call.
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Quebec City and Montreal
Longer city-stop opportunities
These may work better as city yarn guides connected to cruise itineraries than as quick dock errands.
What we are verifying
- Which ports are tender stops, berth stops, or embarkation cities for the user's actual sailing.
- Seasonal shop hours around fall foliage cruises and Canadian holidays.
- Current yarn-shop status, especially where older directory listings may be stale.
- Whether a city stop deserves a full guide or a plan-ahead note only.
Not claiming yet
- Unverified full port pages for every route-list city.
- Walking-distance promises before cruise terminal and tender starts are modeled.
- Cross-border payment, language, or accessibility assumptions without shop-level checks.
Help verify this region
Local knowledge beats stale directories.
Have a yarn shop or fiber stop near a Canada/New England cruise port? Send the port, shop name, official link, and whether cruise visitors can reasonably reach it.