Kejimkujik

 We spent several days at Kejomkujik National Park in the center of southern Nova Scotia. It was not a park with dramatic scenery, but it was probably the most fun we have had. It is a park set up for biking, kayaking and canoeing and hiking. We did lots of all of them and could have done much more if we had the energy or the time. 

 We spent several days at Kejomkujik National Park in the center of southern Nova Scotia. It was not a park with dramatic scenery, but it was probably the most fun we have had. It is a park set up for biking, kayaking and canoeing and hiking. We did lots of all of them and could have done much more if we had the energy or the time. Here are a fe

One morning we took a hike with an interpreter to some petrogliphs that are normally not open to the public. These are post contact with Europeans. They have taken impressions of some of them because they are constantly being worn away by the water.

Thomas raddall park

Beautiful Sunny weather finally. These are all pictures from our stay at Thomas Raddall provincial park. It is directly across from the Kejimkujik National Park Seaside. We kayaked over to the National park.

This person is harvesting seaweed. The long poles have an implement somewhat like a rake on the end. He scrapes the seaweed off the rocks. It sells for 21 cents a pound. 

This is the house the original owners of the land lived in, two parents and 11 children.

My phone has decided it will not charge. I can maintain a little battery if it is plugged in. Tom seems to have lost his phone. We will we back in the states in about a week. I was already in withdrawal from the smart part of the phone. I hope I can make it without anything for another week!!

Sunday we spent most of the day at Louisbourg. The French built a fort and community here that was constantly being taken over by the British. The fort and a small part of the community has been rebuilt. This is the 300 anniversary of the fort being founded.

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 Today we left Cape Breton for the southern part of Nova Scotia. Tonight we are in Lunenburg, seen below. On the way here we stopped at a hooked rug museum for me. After we got here we visited a railroad museum with a very large model railroad for Tom.

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The big red building is the fisheries museum which we will visit before moving on tomorrow. We also hope to take a kayak trip if we finally don't have rain!

After getting off the ferry Thursday morning we drove east to the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This park is surrounded by the Cabot Trail, a scenic drive around the peninsula. It is also one of the top 10 bicycle trails in the world, but we ride our bikes for fun, not for the punishment of climbing mountain roads. So we spent Thursday and Friday driving and hiking on the Cabot Trail.

Many of the people in this area are of Scottish origin. This is a replica of a Scots Crofter's hut.

Mama and Baby moose along the trail.

remains of house foundations

Saturday we drove to the east part of Cape Breton. Along the way we visited a miners museum that recreated a 1920's coal mine. Most of the people brought from Europe to work in the mines were uneducated and unskilled. They ended up indebted to the company store and the companies continually cut their wages and supervisors often cheated them out of their pay. The retired miner who lead us on our tour started work as a teenager, in the 60's, in a mine whose shaft was only 36" high. The one we were in was about 50" and after an hour Tom and I both thought we would never stand up again! There are no operating coal mines in Nova Scotia now.