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North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck September 26th 2006

Our day started by taking a sailing tour on the Bras d'Or Lakes around the Baddeck shoreline. We were able to see Alexander Graham Bell's home which is on a secluded and gated island just off shore from Baddeck. The grand home is currently occupied by The Bells' grand-daughter, Mabel (named after his wife) who is 101 years old. This is the closest view anyone can get to the home. Our captain stated that he had the privilege of touring the home once. We sailed around for about two hours taking in the scenery and enjoying Baddeck from a different point of view. While we were on the boat, two bald eagles began circling the boat. The captain said that they do this quite often and so he threw them some fish. It was quite amazing ... read more
Bell House
First Montessori School in Nova Scotia
Family Photo on the Lake

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck September 25th 2006

Today was great. We took a drive up to Marion Bridge (not too far away from Baddeck) to go to the Two Rivers Wildlife Park. We figured this was probably the only way we were going to see a moose since our trip to the bog wasn't very fruitful. It seemed like more of a farm with pastures and lots of room for the animals to roam. It is a rescue facility and the keepers rehabilitate any animals that can be and release them back to the wild. Some animals however, will spend the rest of their lives at the farm due to their inability to reaclimate to the wild. There were some terrific animals here; some that we normally would not get this close to. Like a beautiful lynx (related to a bobcat), a porcupine, ... read more
Feeding an Emu
A very cute chinchilla
A Bald Eagle

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck September 23rd 2006

We woke this morning to very cool weather. There has been some rain off and on but not enough to interfere with our plans. We spent part of the day at Highland Village in Iona. http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv We had a lovely drive over via the small car ferry at Little Narrows and then afterwards drove around St. Andrews Channel up to Sydney. It’s a beautiful area. The leaves are really starting to change now; lots of gold and red. The colors are such a nice contrast against the evergreens. Around lunchtime we spotted Fitzgerald’s along Highway 105 in Southaven. It was a great little restaurant with the nicest lady waiting on tables. She seemed to really enjoy what she was doing; we thought at first that she must own the restaurant but found out later that she ... read more
Highland Village View 2
Highland Village View 3
Highland Village View 4

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Cape Breton » Baddeck September 22nd 2006

This morning we headed for PEI. We planned to spend the night in Charlottetown but after arriving in town and having lunch, we decided to head for Cape Breton a day early. We expected Charlottetown to be as quaint as Cavendish (we visited there a couple of years ago) but it wasn’t. We were a bit disappointed; we were expecting the beauty of other parts of PEI but it was not to be. We chose a restaurant for lunch (mediocre experience) and then headed for Cape Breton. We saved about 160 miles of driving by catching the ferry (Northumberland Ferry Lines) from Wood Islands to Caribou, NS. We only had to invest about 1 ½ hours of our time and $55 (Canadian $s) and we were able to have a neat experience and look at beautiful ... read more
Lighthouse View Across to Nova Scotia
Very Windy on the Ferry
Lighthouse Seen from Ferry




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