News and Views

We are in the south-west coastal area of Nova Scotia now, slowly making our way to the east where we will catch a ferry to Newfoundland on Friday. Nova Scotia is Latin for “New Scotland”. I don’t know for sure where the name came from, but in parts of the province road signs are in […]

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Yesterday, passing through the town of Annapolis, I saw a sign for a Tidal Power station, so we stopped in to take a look. It is one of only 5 tidal power stations in the world, according to the interpreter at the center. It consists of a one-way turbine, and only generates power as the […]

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We went back to the same point in the Bay of Fundy this morning to see what it was like with the tide out. As a reminder, here’s a picture with the tide in. Here’s what the same location looked like this morning with the tide out. Here’s another scene down the beach a ways. […]

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We camped last night in the Fundy National Park, but we didn’t get out to see the Bay until today. The Bay of Fundy is famous for having the highest tides in the world due to a fortuitous combination of bay shape and size. Tides can have up to 50 feet difference from low to […]

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The bridge connecting Prince Edward Island with New Brunswick about 14 km long, or about 9 miles. Here’s a picture of it taken from the NB end. We drove over from PEI yesterday. The bridge is only 2 lanes, one in each direction, no passing the whole way. On the NB end, as you see […]

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We’ve been on 3 ferries in the past 48 hours, a Papa, a Mama, and a Baby ferry. The Papa lasted about 7 hours, and brought us from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia. The Mama lasted a little over an hour and took us from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island. And the Baby just took […]

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We spent the past two nights in Gros Morne National Park, though in retrospect we should have set aside an extra day or two. It’s quite spectacular, comparable I think to Yosemite. There are two main features. In the south where we stayed there’s an area where the earth’s mantle has pushed up through the […]

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One province, with a compound name. Established in 1949 as simply “Newfoundland”, the name was changed in 2001. In general conversation Canadians refer to the province as Newfoundland, but in all official discussion the full name is used. Practically, the island is always “Newfoundland”, while the mainland portion is often just “Labrador”. I had always […]

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Staying another night in the Ocean View park near Leading Tickles, although the weather has turned chilly, cloudy and rainy. The camp hostess thought we would leave with everyone else because of the weather, but we told her it will be raining anywhere we go, so we might as well stay where it’s so beautiful. […]

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We are spending our third night near the village of Leading Tickles, on the north coast of Newfoundland. Our campsite is less than 100 feet from the ocean surf, which should lull us to sleep tonight. It’s the nicest of the three places we have stayed. (A Tickle is Newfoundlandese for a small, narrow strait, […]

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