Boughton Bay. Pronounce that "Booten." You can see the bay at low
tide in the photo on the left. Mosquitoes along the bay are predators but don't
stray inland. inland.
Boughton Bay. Pronounce that "Booten." You can see the bay at low
tide in the photo on the left. Mosquitoes along the bay are predators but don't
stray inland. inland.
The
view of the bay is stunning--placid water and an uninhabited island in the background.
Uninhabited except for hundreds, maybe thousands, of Great Blue Herons in a
rookery. The birds were so noisy one morning that we could hear them across
the bay. At one point, I counted 210 herons wading, fishing, or flying in to
wade and fish.
On another morning we saw a ferret chasing something edible in front of the cottage. We also saw a fast-hopping big-eared rabbit. While returning from dinner one evening, we saw a fox resting by the side of the road.
On yet another morning,
we drove to an Atlantic Ocean beach to enjoy calm waves and cool breeze. On
the way to the beach we stopped to enjoy a spectacular field of pink, purple,
and white lupines.
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One of the interesting stores we visited was the Dunes Gallery, which has a great collection of Balinese carved figures. You can take a tour of the figures on a page devoted to the gallery.
Take
a ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia. If you watch carefully, you may spot seals
along the way.
Peggy's
Cove is located on a picturesque point of land. We stayed in a small yellow
bed and breakfast that looked out over a small cove large enough only for a
few small fishing boats. The village contains little more than a dozen houses.
It is near the site of the SwissAir flight 111 jet crash in September 1998.
No one survived.
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While at Peggy's Cove, explore nearby coves and water-side drives. On one drive, watch for a sculptor whose garden figures catch your eye.
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Mahone Bay has a street of tourist shops and restaurants to occupy a few hours on a nice day. Lunenburg is a town with an interesting historic fishing museum.
In Shelbourne, stay at the Cooper's Inn on a small street that parallels a bay. Directly across the street from the inn is a working cooperage that makes half-barrels for home decoration use. Tour some private gardens mentioned in a visitor pamphlet avaiable at a visitor's center down the block from the Cooper's Inn.
 Cooper's Inn |
 Room at the inn |
 Cooperage |
 The inn's garden |