Blogs from Digby , Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Second day in Digby, was whale watching day. It took two ferries to cross over to Brier Island (which is west of Digby - along Digby neck). We almost missed the first ferry because Ann was chatting it up with the owner of the small cafe near the ferry boat. It costs $7 total for each ferry ride which is pretty reasonable. Each of the ferry rides were short (5-10 mins). We were worried we would miss the ferries which leave on the top of the hour so we left at 9a even though our whale watching tour didn't start until 1p. This gave us time to visit Balancing Rock (a 2 km trail that included A LOT of stairs). It only took us about an hour to do the whole trail including time to stop ... read more

Spent seven days in Nova Scotia travelling down Digby Neck to Brier Island, finally making my way to Halifax via the South Shore. I wanted to do some coastal hiking and beachcombing through the area. Being from New Brunswick I took the ferry across the Bay of Fundy from Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia. My first stop was Prim Point lighthouse just outside Digby. I timed it right as I saw the ferry make its return trip to Saint John. A short trail to the lighthouse where I scrambled over the basalt rocks. Following this I visited Gullivers Cove where I found another hiking stick and did a short trail to High Cliff Cove. The next day I drove down Digby Neck, took the ferry to Long Island, then drove Long Island to ... read more

Hello again -- Right now we're on Grand Manan Island, having come over yesterday on the Digby ferry. The fog was heavy all yesterday and we've had heavy rain today, but it's forecast to be sunny tomorrow so we should get some good photos before we leave. Several days ago, after we left the town of Truro, the "head" of the Bay of Fundy, we headed down the northwestern coast of Nova Scotia to the very tip, Brier Island on the end of Digby Neck which required taking two ferries each way. Here are some photos of our trip. In the first photo, you can see enclosures which are used for raising salmon. You can see in the next photo a sign, one of a great many we saw in the area, indicating that there is ... read more

Sorry about the delay in posting, I find it hard to sit down and focus when I am surrounded by such beauty and distracted by so many fun goings on. We arrived in Nova Scotia on July 30 and spent the morning touring the Springhill mine. It is a true testament to the survival and tenacity of the miner. A large bump happened in 1956, caving in a huge portion of the Cumberland mine killing 74 miners and trapping a total of 100; it took 5.5 days to rescue all the men and the mine never reopened. Our guide was an actual miner in the Springhill mines; he worked the coal for 11 years and hated every moment of it. For the first 8 years he would walk from the lamp house, get on the coal ... read more