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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 9:43 AM
🌧 22 °C
Altitude: 37 m
Canada Rock Pool 46.3722, -60.9692946°22’20” N 60°58’9” W
Margaree Fish Hatchery
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Here is a link to some information about the hatchery.
http://www.margareens.com/hatchery.html

It was quite neat to take a walk through.
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 10:31 AM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Canada Schoolhouse Brook 46.32833, -61.00546°19’42” N 61°0’18” W
Margaree Salmon Museum
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
If you are into fishing you will love this little museum! Even if you're not, you'll still find the fly collection really cool.
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:23 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Canada Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada 46.10333, -60.74546°6’12” N 60°44’42” W
Alexander Graham Bell Nat'l HistoricSite
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The museum features memorabilia associated with Bell's experiments, including: the original HD-4 hull of a hydrofoil boat that set the world speed record here in Baddeck of over 70 MPH in 1919; a full-scale replica of that boat; the AEA Silver Dart which in 1909 J.A.D. MacCurdy piloted up into the air over the ice of Baddeck Bay to become the first heavier-than-air craft to be flown in Canada and possibly the British Empire -- plus many other exhibits and documents from Bell's years of research.Read more
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:34 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Canada Lieu historique national du Canada Alexander-Graham-Bell 46.10167, -60.7466746°6’6” N 60°44’48” W
Parks Canada Red Chairs
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
"What is the red chairs program?

The Red Chair Experience is all about connecting Canadians with nature in our country's most unique and treasured places. Whether it's a quiet place to enjoy an awe-inspiring view or an "I made it!" marker at the end of a rugged hike, a Red Chair offers you a place to relax and truly discover the best that Parks Canada has to offer."

We have seen a LOT of red chairs through our travels through National Parks and National Historic Sites. This pair of chairs was on the grounds of the Alexander Graham Bell NHS facing the water.

(Also added a photo of pretty flowers from there because the photo was otherwise lonely in this post)Read more
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:40 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Canada Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada 46.10333, -60.7466746°6’12” N 60°44’48” W
Kidston Island Lighthouse
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
I think I may have lost count. I've seen so many. Didn't get a picture of them all since its hard to snap recent photos in a moving car and there isn't always a good place to stop.

Are you sick of them yet? I'm not!Read more
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 1:58 PM
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Canada The Sand Dunes 46.07942, -61.4801546°4’46” N 61°28’49” W
West Mabou Beach
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A nice beach stop. We walked on the beach for a bit and just enjoyed the ocean. Nova Scotia 2018 <3
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 5:05 PM
🌧 22 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Canada Pictou 45.67589, -62.7059345°40’33” N 62°42’21” W
Pictou Railway Nat'l Historic Site
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
"A station was first built here in 1867 as a terminus for the Intercolonial Railway. This was a government line, incorporating earlier track, which forged a link between the Maritime provinces and central Canada. It became part of the Canadian National Railways in 1923."

When I saw this online, I thought I'd woukd be neat to stop at since Matthew enjoys train things. The photos on the Parks Canada website must not be very recent. This place has really become very run down and isn't being very well cared for considering it's been named a National Historic Site. Sad.Read more
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 5:17 PM
🌧 21 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Canada Grahams Pond 45.71833, -62.6416745°43’6” N 62°38’30” W
Pictou Lodge Beach Resort Restaurant
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Best meal so far this trip... of course it cost quite a bit more too... but it was worth every bite.
First of all we were seated in a nice sun room overlooking the water (see photo 2 for the view from my seat).

They brought us warm biscuits with some sort of molasses butter as well as a couple of tasting spoons that had a cucumber slice with tzatziki and a piece of yellow tomato. Tasty little starters.

Next, I had a cup of seafood chowder that was better than any other bowl of chowder I have ever had. Matt had a Caesar salad that had a generous amount of big bacon chunks (notice I said chunks, not bits) that he seemed to enjoy.

For the entree, I had the Cedar Plank Salmon and Matt had a Scallop dish that was linguine with some sort of pesto sauce and big scallops on top. Both were delicious. (Matt actually offered me a bite of his!)

We were too full to even consider dessert, but we did get a couple of tasty mint chocolates shaped like seashells and seahorses with our bill.Read more
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Day 6
Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 7:10 PM
🌧 19 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Canada Gull Point 45.76455, -62.6805945°45’52” N 62°40’50” W
Caribou Lighthouse
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
One last lighthouse before bedtime!

That poor sign has seen better days!
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 6:30 AM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Canada Bellows Island 45.76311, -62.7662445°45’47” N 62°45’58” W
Airbnb #4 - Seaside Cottage
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We had a nice stay here, albeit short. We got here about 8pm last night, and we left at 6:30am to go catch the 8am ferry to PEI. The ferry crossings are pretty far apart and so we didn't want to have to wait for the 11:15 ferry that would have us not getting to PEI until 12:30 or so. Half a day gone.

Anyway again our host was friendly and the place was nice. We have water views in the front yard and the back yard. She provided us some muffins to take with us for breakfast on the go which was nice.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:30 AM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Gulf of Saint Lawrence 45.80225, -62.6793345°48’8” N 62°40’46” W
Northumberland Ferry
September 7, 2018, Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Goodbye Nova Scotia, hello Prince Edward Island!

A free 75 minute ferry ride takes us to a whole new Province today.
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:15 AM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Canada Wood Islands 45.95034, -62.7456245°57’1” N 62°44’44” W
Wood Islands Provincial Park
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Some neat little buildings here and of course, a lighthouse!
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:43 AM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Canada Cape Bear 46.00333, -62.4646°0’12” N 62°27’36” W
Cape Bear Lighthouse and Marconi Station
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A lighthouse, plus the remains of an old telegraph station.

The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Station was built adjacent to the Cape Bear Lighthouse in 1905.

On the night of April 14, 1912, this station received the first distress signal in Canada from the Titanic as it was sinking off the coast of Newfoundland. A similar station at Cape Race in Newfoundland was in communication with the Titanic, but at that time Newfoundland was not a part of Canada.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:57 AM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Canada Panmure Island Provincial Park 46.13067, -62.4685746°7’50” N 62°28’7” W
Panmure Island Provincial Park
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Do I really need to tell you what this is? You know it. Another one!

The lighthouse is actually also in the 3rd picture... taken from a lookout point. Can you see it?
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:41 AM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Canada Brudenell Point 46.18155, -62.5618546°10’54” N 62°33’43” W
Roma @ Three Rivers Nat'l Historic Site
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This wasn't at all what expected. There wasn't much to see here. I was expecting maybe some ruins of some kind? The site was basically just a bunch of signs explaining what used to be there but otherwise there was basically nothing there.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 12:51 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Canada Gaudin Point 46.18076, -62.5387146°10’51” N 62°32’19” W
Trois Rivieres Canadian Heritage River
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A stop to stretch our legs a little.

That last photo, I think maybe they were harvesting Mussels? I'm not really sure.
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 12:57 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Canada Gaudin Point 46.18311, -62.5316846°10’59” N 62°31’54” W
AA MacDonald Memorial Gardens
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A really lovely garden with a war memorial monument and a newly added pond with a fountain. There was also a tiny model of a nearby old abandoned church along one side of the pond.
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:15 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Canada Gaudin Point 46.18515, -62.5340346°11’7” N 62°32’3” W
Around Georgetown
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
An old abandoned church, an interesting old building, and a house that I just thought was cute.
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:37 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Canada Cardigan 46.23309, -62.6170846°13’59” N 62°37’1” W
Clam Diggers Restaurant
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Lunch time!

I had the Old Fashioned Shanty Bake with a locally brewed blueberry beer. Matthew had the Haddock and Chips also with a local beer. Both dishes were great picks. The fish was deelish!
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 3:31 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 3 m
Canada Schooner Pond 46.44333, -62.6783346°26’36” N 62°40’42” W
Greenwich PEI National Park
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We walked off our lunch on the Havre St Pierre Trail in the park. We were originally planning to do the Greenwich Dunes Trail but the sun was beating down hard and we didn't have sunscreen with us either, so we opted for the shorter hike so we didn't fry in the sun.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 4:24 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Canada Province House National Historic Site of Canada 46.23833, -63.1216746°14’18” N 63°7’18” W
PEI's traffic lights
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Something interesting I noticed here... is that their traffic lights are shaped differently.

Green is round, like we're used to. Yellow is a triangle and Red is square. I googled it and if seems to be that way to help people who are color blind.
Not a bad idea I suppose.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 6:11 PM
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Canada Province House National Historic Site of Canada 46.23167, -63.1233346°13’54” N 63°7’24” W
2 stops: The Chip Shack & Cows
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
For dinner we stopped on a floating dock at the Wharf to eat at the famous Chip Shack. I had the lobster poutine and Matt had the pulled pork poutine. Wow. What a huge mound of poutine on those plates!
We somehow managed to save some room for ice cream at Cows, which was practically next door. I had an ice cream called "Wowie Cowie" which was described as : Vanilla ice cream, English toffee marble, chocolate flakes, and Moo Crunch. Or was really good. I'd have it again in a heartbeat. Matt had an ice cream called Apple Crisp... which is pretty self explanatory. We ate our ice creams while browsing the souvenir shops on the Wharf.Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 7:12 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Canada Province House National Historic Site of Canada 46.235, -63.12546°14’6” N 63°7’30” W
Around Charlottetown
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Historic Building which serves as the visitor information Centre for the area, a really cool looking church, and a statue of 2 men across from the church.
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 7:23 PM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Canada Ardgowan National Historic Site of Canada 46.25167, -63.1266746°15’6” N 63°7’36” W
Ardgowan
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Home of William Henry Pope, Father of Confederation. The house stands on the two-hectare remains of what was once a much larger estate which today includes the picturesque house, a small barn/ carriage house, and a garden. Read more
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Day 7
Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:53 PM
⛅ 12 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Canada Old Battery Point 46.23159, -63.1319746°13’54” N 63°7’55” W
Eden Hall Bed and Breakfast
September 7, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Our room was essentially in the attic.. lol. But it was cute and air conditioned and we had a private bathroom we didn't have to share. I found it quirky and unique and fun to stay in a place like this and would totally do it again.Read more
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