The Cabot Trail

The Cabot Trail 

The lobster fishers are right up against the rocks, with thousands of buoys.

Each little outport seems to have its own fleet and harbour...

Another of Meat Cove, right on the tip of the Cabot Trail

I didn't order this guy, but a friendly couple let me photo their lobster..

An evening view...

Very clear water....

Another biker/traveller with an interesting setup..

Had to visit Grohmann knives and see their store in Pictou...world famous knives.

Interesting old buildings in Nova Scotia and particularly Pictou

This is the oldest building in Pictou.  The owner graciously invited me in for a tour of the old place.  It has been in his family since the 1600's.  A warren of little rooms and a fireplace for each room...

This is a replica of the ship Hector, which brought the original Scots settlers to Nova Scotia...

The Hector...

The gentleman with the oldest house told me that Donald Smiths' house had been recently torn down, and he gave me the locale.  Donald Smith, who was Lord Strathcona, was a cousin of my Grandmothers...she always used to say, pointing at the photo of him hammering the last spike, that "there goes the rich side of the family......"

The boys of the Pictou Timmies were having a debate as to what kind of aircraft sat in the front of the town.  I walked over and read the plaque, thus ending the debate...it is a T Bird..

Further down the eastern coast, it became more and more evident that the Acadians were by far the most prevalent cultural group in the area.   The Canadian government has done a great job of documenting their original farms and occupations, as well as detailing the severity of the expulsions by the British.