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Wolfville
We did stop and get a tour of the tidal power station in Annapolis – very interesting – except that it doesn’t work on a large scale (changes the water/silting such that the turbines would end up being buried); also the present station is offline, pending an evaluation of the cost to upgrade wiring –…
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Last Day in Annapolis
Last night we went to the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens but were chased away by the mosquitoes. Above – an Acadian house within the gardens. Today we were going to go for a hike, but as we drove to the trailhead the paved road turned to a gravel road which then turned into something requiring…
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Annapolis Royal
Yesterday we drove to our new place in Annapolis Royal. On the way we stopped at the Grand Pre National Historic Site. The site is on a section of land that the Acadians had farmed after reclaiming the land using an ingenious dyke system that allowed the water to drain from the land while preventing…
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Peggy’s Cove to Lunenburg
We set off to Peggy’s Cove and took some pictures of the cove, lighthouse etc. Above is a monument to the fishermen at Peggy’s Cove, carved by William DeGarthe and one of his students. DeGarthe actually passed away before it was completed. A short distances outside of Peggy’s Cove is a monument to Swissair 111…
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Nova Scotia – Halifax
Kim and I arrived late Saturday evening in Halifax and had supper at Darrel’s down the street. The waitress suggested the Cape Split hike when we get to the north coast so we might try that. Meanwhile we started watching After Life (written and directed by comedian Ricky Gervais) on Netflix (watch it if you…
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Ireland – Final Pictures
I’ve put two sets up on the web: A smaller selection in no particular order: IRELAND. Note that there are two sets of pictures so you have to click on the 1 or 2 to go to the other set. A larger group based on location (mainly): IRELAND TRAVEL. There is a third set for…
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