Driving South West Nova Scotia Shoreline

 

We rode our trike along the shoreline in Yarmouth Arcadia Shores down to South Shore.  The yellow line on the map shows the scenic route.  We also rode from Digby, upper left down to East Ferry on the peninsula along the Bay of Fundy.    

We traveled the Evangeline Trail along the shoreline stopping at lighthouses and fishing villages.  The shoreline and fishing villages are wonderful, and the scenery was outstanding. 

The Gilbert Lighthouse, built in 1904.  Nova Scotia has given lighthouses to local communities to operate and/or maintain as they see fit.

 Many lighthouses are automated while some are just for visiting. 

Kathy spent time talking with the lady running the lighthouse store. She climbed the ladder to the light area on top and took a couple of photos.

This is what you see typically in most fishing villages.  In Yarmouth Nova Scotia, the Lobster season starts in November and ends in May.   The rise and fall of the tide in this area is about 15 feet. 

The locals say the Nova Scotia lobsters are sweeter than other lobster caught in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Our whale watching tour boat does double duty for the lobster season.

 

We saw many great looking Churches as we travel throughout the region. Saint Marie, the largest wooden Church in North Ameria.  Most of the Churches have large steeples. 

Saint Bernard constructed in 1910. 

 The villages in Yarmouth are very similar to the villages in Cape Breton and other fishing villages in Nova Scotia. The people here are walking around in shorts and tee shirts, while we have 4 layers of clothing riding the trike. 

Kejimkujik National Park - NS

 

 

Kejimkujik National Park Seaside is a protected coastal wilderness. 

After reading about the park, we decided to do a 3.0-mile round trip hike to the beach and back.

We did notice the warning about bears in the park but decided to hike anyway.  

While walking down the path we noticed several bear scats, a couple very fresh.  Probably should have carried our bear spray, which was safe in the RV. 

We finally arrive at the beach.  Although we had water in the truck, we did not bring that either.  

I did not mention in any of our previous posts but the mosquitoes in Nova Scotia are many and aggressive.  They love my O-positive blood.  Kathy sprayed me up before heading on our hike.  

As you can see, many others decided to do the same hike.  

This was a great tune up for our upcoming visit to Acadia NP in Maine.  We had a very good time at the park.