Sr. Andrews by the Sea, New Bunswick

St. Andrews is a beautiful village settled by New England loyalists after the American revolution.

It has kept close to its roots and is a popular place in the summer...many of the homes are summer residences.

One of the summer homes was that of Sir illiam Van Horne  who built the canadian pacific railway.

It is found on Ministers island close to the village and one can drive to it ona causeway at low tide.

It is now owned by the province of New Brunswick as it had fallen into disrepair.

It must have been an amazing place that was completely self contained..in fact the farm provided the family with milk,eggs, and produce when they were at their home in Montreal...sent of course by train daily.

The estate inclues a very large barn built in a dutch style and is still solid and usable

It is hoped there will be fnds in the future to bring it back to what it was but would require huge funds.

The main house

View to the ocean

original stove

The icebox

bathhouse that led down to the beach

pump  house

The Barn

The causeway to the island

We leave for Maine so goodbye Canada for now.

WE live in a large and beautiful country.

The people we have met have been friendly and helpful.

We have really seen so little but now have a better understanding of the geography and or fellow communities.

It is getting cold..time to join the snowbirds and head south

Annapolis Royal

Annapolis Royal is Canada's oldest settlement 1604 and still has part of the historic Fort Anne, a national historic site , several pictures follow. viewed from above it is set in a star shape.. we had a good time wandering around the site and through the village.

We took the ferry from Digby Nova Scotia to St. John New Brunswick to save a long drive.

We got the ferry early October 5 in a big Atlantic storm. We could not believe the cold and rain that materialized overnight. We were lucky to cross as most Atlantic ferries were closed for the day. It was a rolling ride!

On to New Brunswick and St. Andews by the sea.

Lunenburg Nova Scotia

We drove past Halifax to the famous fishing village of Lunenburg
it was first settled by European overflow settlers from Halifax in 1750's and was set out in a very structured town design.The houses are very ornate...mostly wood and are painted in vivid colors. needless to say, painting houses is ongoing work here.

We toured a wonderful maritime museum...which described the long  and dangerous fishing industry of this area.Shipbuilding has always been a part of this area too.

This is our campground overlooking the bay of Lunenburg  we had one nice warm day and then it poured, needless to say this tent did not remain.

One of many colorful houses

                                         ST. Andrews Anglican church in Lunenburg

This was the sail making display in the museum

This was the galley in the fish boat

more color

The girls in Luenenburg

The bluenose 2 is being rebuilt in Lunenburg and we took a tour to see the work in progress.. it is actually going to be a new ship with fitings from the old one.

Mahone Bay

After such a sunny day in lunenburg the rains fell heavilywhen we panned our trip to Mahone bay  just north of Lunenburg... we have missed pretty much all of the festivals along the way due to the time of year.. The scarecrow festival in mahone bay was one we could take in ....but of course a big storm set in  we got a few pictures it and I got soaked in about 30 seconds of being out.

And for Noel

We  headed for the Annapolis valley next about 3 hours west.

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

We took the ferry from PEI, Wood Islands to Caribou Nova Scotia and headed to Cape Breton. We stayed in a park in Beddeck, a central ares to explore from.
Beddeck is where Alexander Graham Bell had a large home and from where he did many of his aviation experiments following his invention of the telephone. There is a wonderful museum there honoring both he  and his wife.

We  spent a day traveling the Cabot Trail which is at least a 6 hour loop trip around the north cape..we drove some steep hills and switchbacks with incredible views of the wild Atlantic. We came back around numerous beautiful bays and beaches. it would be so nice in the summer... We had a sunny day but it was windy and cold.

We went to The Red Shoe pub in Mabou. It is owned by the Rankin sisters and has entertainment with dinner. We heard great fiddle and piano music with a fellow playing the spoons.