Nova Scotia

-We tried to take the ferry across, but took the bridge back and headed to Nova Scotia.

-First, to Halifax and the Citadel. Here is the changing of the guard.

-They also fire a noon cannon. Two different dress uniforms are worn for time period represented by the fourth fort that is there now.

-It's noon.

It's a big cannon.

-This is the fourth fort in this spot (at least reconfigured from the previous forts). Right in the middle of town.

-What it looks like from above.

-Please do not fling yourself off the side of the fort.

-Halifax from above.

-Mom and the cannon.

-Then we headed further down the coast to a place that is the most photographed in the area and has a population of 60, Peggy's Cove.

-Great rocks and plants.

-And a lighthouse on a rocky shore, next to the cute little town.

-Then further down to Lunenburg - a World Heritage Site. It has all these little overhangs from the second story.

-The academy!

The town from the other side, with the Bluenose II.

-This is the Bay of Fundy, highest tides in the world, from Parrasboro, which is a geologist's dream. We only stayed a couple of hours to see the tide in one spot, but could watch it from other places. The water is usually up to the sides of the lighthouse.

-The is from Five Islands and a local lady walking her dog said you could walk to the island at low tide.

-The Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy.

-Patridge Island (see above) where Samuel de Champlain found amethysts whilst passing through in the 1600s.