July 20-23, 2016
The drive from Halifax to North Sydney was one of the longer ones, and Jane took a turn driving the coach for the first time since–well, for the first time in a long time. She started on a divided highway, like a US interstate. It narrowed to four lanes, then two. Then the road took us over the Canso Causeway, the deepest causeway in the world. The causeway wasn’t hard to maneuver (it was just a road), but Jane was very relieved to turn the driving responsibilities over to Dave again before we crossed the Seal Island Bridge, nearly 2500 feet long with a height above sea level of 120 feet.
Borrowed photo of the Seal Island Bridge.
Our campground in North Sydney, Arm of Gold, gave us views of Bras D’Or Lake and the countryside.
Bluenose II
Although we had missed the Bluenose II when we were in Lunenburg, we caught up with it in North Sydney. We talked with one of the very personable deckhands and learned that sailing skills are less important during the application process than being able to relate to the public. Deckhands are between 19 and 30 years old, Canadian, and perform a variety of duties including seamanship and maintenance, and assisting with cooking and engineering.
Uisg Ban (think Ish-ke-ban) Falls Provincial Park
We enjoyed a walk through a granite gorge and beautiful hardwoods to get to this 50′ waterfall.
Interesting how this tree grew around the rock.
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Rosalie Perry · September 23, 2016 at 6:57 pm
We also stayed at brasd’Or campground and loved it. We had one of our favorite entertainment duos of the whole trip while there. Jennifer played the fiddle and mIke the guitar. Cape Breton music at its best!