More New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Bay of Fundy New Brunswick Stock Photo

Because my photo just doesn't tell the whole story.   Bay of Fundy has one of the highest tides in the world. The tides being 47 feet when we visited. The 47 foot tide completely closes off the arch shown in the middle of the photo. These tides are due to the gravitational pull of the sun during the new and full moon and the funnel-shape of the bay.

 


Bay of Fundy Feet. This is what happens when you walk the ocean floor in the Bay of Fundy.

I just can't  really appreciate this!
  So now we can say we walked on the Ocean floor. Per the brochure.

A visit to the Acadian Village in Acadia New Brunswick, Canada. The Acadians are 17th century descendants of French Colonists who settled in the Maritimes.  Original structures and artifacts were moved to a central  location to provide a living history of the early Acadians.
After expulsion by the British in the mid 1700's, many Acadians migrated to Louisiana where they developed what has become known as Cajan Culture.

This woman is demonstrating cleaning and carding of the wool in preparation for spinning.

Then spinning that same wool into fiber for weaving into fabrics.Every household had carding, spinning and weaving capabilities.

Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Reconstructed from the original 1713 Fortress. Operations inside the fortress depicting the 1700's.
Fortress being a town with-in a Fort. A fortified town to keep it's occupants safe.

Cape Breton Undersea Coal Mines at the Miners Museum. They called the mine shafts "The Deeps".
and the mining technique was called "Room and Pillar". Most of the coal veins extended out under the sea. Some shafts extended almost 2 miles out under the sea floor, sloping downward up to 30 degrees.
We donned hard hats and capes for a very interesting tour of the mine shafts provided by a former mine worker.

Random Observations 

*Nova Scotia has ski lifts as low as 150 feet above sea level. How cold does it get here in the winter!!!
*Some Walmarts in NB and NS  provide free internet. Thank you very much.
*I have gained great appreciation for the maneuvering skills of long haul truck drivers. They are awesome.
*The exit's in Canada do not represent mile markers
*Amazing the number of folks traveling and sleeping in their cars in Walmart.