Monthly Archives: February 2019

Schafner Point Lighthouse

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Katherine

Schafner Point Lighthouse Built in 1885, Schafner Point Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the Annapolis Basin. It continues to warn mariners of the turbulent tidal waters of the narrow navigation channel along the Digby Gut–Annapolis Basin. It is … Continue reading →

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Battery Harbour

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Katherine

Battery Harbour is one of those places that I am drawn to for the fading history that is indicative of the downturn in coastal fisheries across Canada. The way that harbours and fish processing plants allowed to fall into disrepair … Continue reading →

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Battery, Battery Point, or Victoria Beach?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Katherine

Battery Harbour? According to the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act listing for the Victoria Beach Lighthouse, it overlooks the buildings at Battery Harbour. To the west below the Victoria Beach lighthouse, Battery Point juts out into the ocean from the land, … Continue reading →

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Basin Bruin II

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

The fishing boat Basin Bruin II in Battery Harbour

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Victoria Beach Lighthouse

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

Victoria Beach Lighthouse The 9.4 meters tall Victoria Beach Lighthouse is located on a parcel of land that thirty meters back from the water and nine meters above the high water mark on a rise overlooking the Digby Gut and … Continue reading →

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Fort Anne National Historic Site

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

Fort Anne National Historic Site – Canada’s first administered National Historic Site Although Fort Anne was neither the first National Historic Park (Fort Howe was designated three years earlier), nor is it the first site designated under the replacement National … Continue reading →

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Lequille Hydro Plant

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

Lequille Hydro Plant I took a little side trip to see if I could find the hydro generating plant that was downhill of a surge tower that I spotted while heading home from a trip to Annapolis Royal. Sure enough, … Continue reading →