Category Archives: river

The mouth of the Avon River

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Katherine

The mouth of the Avon River as it flows into the Minas Basin, viewed from a bluff at Avonport Station. Blue Beach is to the right on the shore of the Avon, the Kempt Shore across the Minas Basin in … Continue reading →

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Pritchard Bridge

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Katherine

The Pritchard Bridge crossing the South Thompson River A train crossing Martin Prairie Road, near the Trans Canada Highway in Pritchard BC Looking toward the north

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Annapolis Royal

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Katherine

Looking across the Annapolis River toward Granville Ferry

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Bay of Fundy – Kirk Brook

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Katherine

If you like the ocean and seclusion, the small beach at Kirk Brook is just the ticket. It’s quiet, and there is a whole lot of shoreline to explore at low tide. We took the sort of abandoned section of … Continue reading →

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Thumb Hill Creek

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Katherine

I had been meaning to explore the white cliffs that are just to the north of Highway 101 and St. Croix – I found the time to poke about so I did. At first, I thought this was the St. … Continue reading →

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Puntledge River diversion dam

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Katherine

Upstream from the diversion dam The control gates for water entering the penstock for the generating station The diversion dam diverts some of the water from the Puntledge River and feeds it into the penstock pipeline that flows downhill to … Continue reading →

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Lahave cable ferry

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Katherine

The Lahave cable ferry crosses the Lahave River to connect Highway 331 in Lahave and Highway 3 in East Lahave. It was a nice short cut for me to head from Crescent Beach and onward to Lunenburg and Chester. The … Continue reading →

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Martins River train bridge

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Katherine

The old railway bridge about 150 meters off the Lighthouse Route allows users of the Dynamite Trail to cross over the Martins River and Shingle Mill Road. The Dynamite Trail is a 10km section of a former rail corridor running … Continue reading →

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Gasperaux River bridges

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Katherine

There was a rather nice sunset as we headed onto the Highway101 twin bridges over the Gasperaux River, just to the west of Avonport. The Nova Scotia provincial government named the 301 km controlled access Highway101 as the Harvest Highway … Continue reading →

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A moment in Wolfville

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Katherine

Looking out onto the marshes of the Cornwallis River estuary in Wolfville

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