| While camped just outside Yarmouth we went into the
town and the port and looked at the boats. These are modern lobster boats.
The large flat decks hold plenty of lobster pots. |  |
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We also went out onto a spit of land just opposite Yarmouth that protects
the harbour. On the end we found the Cape Forchu lighthouse, one of the
taller and more modern installations we found in the province. The Bay of
Fundy was first mapped by the Portuguese in 1520. Cape Forchu was named by
Samuel de Champlain in 1604. The first light was built here in 1839 and it
lasted until 1962 when this one was built. |
| One look at the rocks explains the need for the
lighthouse. The sea and currents are very deceptive here. Plaques warn that
at least 4 young people have lost their lives here in recent years either
falling from the rocks or swimming in the sea. |  |
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The CAT ferries from Bar Harbour and Portland come in here so the flagpole
by the lighthouse flies the Canadian, US, Yarmouth and Nova Scotia flags. |
| They obviously expect lots of tourists visiting the
lighthouse, but not many were in evidence today. |  |
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We passed the village of Meteghan where there was to be an Acadian festival
over the weekend. This part of Nova Scotia still has a lot of French
influences in the names and the styles. These were some of the boats in the
harbour. |
| We went down to the harbour to visit Bluenose II which
had moored there for the weekend. This meant we could go on board and have a
look round the deck. Bluenose II was launched at Lunenburg in 24th July
1963. |  |
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Everything was very clean and polished and looked like new. There are a few
full time officers but most of the crew are university students. They are
all employed by the government while they are crew. Most are from Nova
Scotia and three or four are women. |
| They don't just cook the meals either. I spotted one
up to her elbows in grease doing something with the engine. Those on deck
showing us around were well turned out and excellent ambassadors for their
country and their ship (or is it boat....) |  |
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Despite the tourists, work goes on - repairing the nets at Meteghan. |
| This is a T-Rex built by Campagna Corp in Canada. It
is classed as a motorcycle and is street legal in all 50 US States. It seats
two and has a 1400cc Kawasaki engine and a six-speed gearbox, a top speed of
140mph and does 0-60mph in 4 secs. It costs around $44k WOW!!! |  |
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On the other hand you can have a Honda Goldwing with a 1.8 litre engine,
satellite navigation and satellite radio, and even cupholders on swing arms
for the passenger. This one was towing a trailer which opens out to make a
king size bed. Around $30k and up. These folk pay as much as we did for an
RV! |
| The Digby Nova Scotia to Saint John New Brunswick
ferry "Princess of Acadia". It was built in 1971. The service is now heavily
subsidised and is under threat of closure. The crossing takes three hours
each way to cover the 70 miles. 2-3 runs are made in each direction per day
with 650 passengers and their cars. It was full when we travelled. It can
carry 27 tractor trailers or 164 cars and saves almost 350 miles driving. |  |
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Fish farming pens just by the ferry port in Digby. |
| One of the small fishing boats heads out to sea. From
the looks they do some sort of side trawling. |  |
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Looking back over the deck as the ferry leaves Digby for Saint John. |
| I'm always amazed when the front of the ship just
lifts up so the cars and lorries can drive off. Here we are docking at Saint
John. |  |
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