Blogs from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

As I am sure you probably already figured out we did not have internet yesterday so here is the blog that should have gone out last night. Day 5 We left Port Royal with a bit of overcast, but not cold. As we passed St. Mary's Bay it was socked in with fog which soon lifted, and it turned into a glorious day. Our drive today to Yarmouth was about 2 hours, and we arrived at our camp site, Campers Haven, around noon. After setting up, which has become so very smooth, and a quick lunch we hit the road with the "bug". Our mission today was to check out the area that Ray's grandparents, Frank German and Jane Amirault were from, Pubnico and East Pubnico. Also many generations of his family were from this area, ... read more

We headed out this morning in search of a few lighthouses on the southeast coast. It was a fairly long drive (about 235 miles round trip), so we had scheduled only a few. The first one required us to walk out the rocky shoreline to get a good photo. The skies were cloudy, the breeze off the ocean was cool and the fog rolled all over the harbor. This lighthouse sets on the edge of Pubnico Harbour which is a deep, landlocked inlet found between Cape Sable and Yarmouth with the town of Pubnico at its head. I found some Interesting information on the first keeper. Matruin Amero was appointed first keeper of the Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse in 1853. The Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries for 1874 noted that the dwelling house ... read more

Yarmouth, Nova-Scotia, 27 juin J'y étais passé rapidement il y a deux ans, mais l'impression laissée fut forte. Cette fois, j'ai eu le bonheur d'arpenter la majeure partie du littoral de cette baie hors norme au rythme des formidables marées. L'Océan Atlantique s'engouffre avec vigueur dans cet entonnoir naturel de près de 300 kilomètres de longueur par 80 de large qui se termine par les baies de Chignecto au nord et Minas Basin au sud (Celle-ci prolongée par la baie de Cobequid). C'est d'ailleurs dans cette dernière, à Burntcoat Head, que l'on observe les plus hautes marées du monde à 16,8 mètres d'amplitude (le record absolu étant de 21 mètres, observé lors du passage d'une tempête en 1869). En plus de la configuration des côtes, la coïncidence du temps que prend l'eau à se retirer d'un ... read more

(Middle West) Pubnico, N.S. We made it! We arrived in (Middle West) Pubnico, Nova Scotia, the furthest destination on our cross Canada trip. We arrived quite late after a very long day of driving all the way from Montreal. After about 8 hours of driving from Montreal we got into Moncton, N.B., and stopped in at the local Pita Pit for a snack. We plugged in the address for Pubnico on the GPS and it said 6 more hours. In Alana and Dale time this was nothing as we were pro’s now, so we decided to eat and run. At about 9:00pm (Atlantic time) we called Dale’s uncle Walter who said we were about 1.5 hours away. He let us know that the “guest house” was unlocked and that we could let ourselves in and we ... read more

June 22, 2009 - Monday Today’s adventure was taking a ride across the Atlantic Ocean on the Cat Ferry from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth NS. Wow, nice little ship! We watched a movie going over and a movie going back. We arrived in Yarmouth Nova Scotia around 11:00 our time (12:00 NS time) and boarded a little tour bus. Our tour bus guide was a cute little 60 year old lady who gave us a great tour. She took us to the Cape Forchu Lighthouse where we had a nice lunch in the tea room. We both had the lobster sandwiches (my 3rd one in 3 days!). This time it was lobster salad on a sandwich. The bread was homemade and was really thick. It was very good. We also split a bread pudding with caramel ... read more