Category Archives: Nova Scotia

Avonport Station salt marshes

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Katherine

Looking to the northwest toward North Grand Pre The salt marshes at Avonport Station were my first opportunity to get up close to explore and photograph this dynamic section of the Minas Basin shoreline. The section I was exploring is … Continue reading →

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Bridge over troubled waters…

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Katherine

I’m undecided if driving over the Bailey Bridge between Bush Island and Jenkins Island is scarier than trying to navigate the narrow passage of Crooked Channel and heading to Mad Island.

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Bishop Creek

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Katherine

Its just a rock, and its just some dried seaweed, but there is great beauty to be found if you take the time to stumble across it. Bishop Creek, near Ogilvie.

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Nova Scotia Textiles Limited – a window into the past

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Katherine

Nova Scotia Textiles Limited, where Windsor Wear was woven… Pretty much all of the windows have been smashed or removed at the old Nova Scotia Textiles Limited factory in Windsor. There are great plans to renovate the building, but I … Continue reading →

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Horton Bluff Lighthouse

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Katherine

Constructed in 1961, the Horton Bluff Lighthouse has an 8.7-meter-high tower rising from the west corner of the flat-roofed building sited sixty-five meters above Avon River. The light  served as the front light of a pair of range lights. The … Continue reading →

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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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The train don’t run here anymore

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Katherine

The Windsor and Hantsport Railway railway bridge over Blue Beach Road

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Sue & I

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Katherine

The fishing boat Sue & I on the hard in Delaps Cove

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Greenwood Military Aviation Museum

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Katherine

‘Poised for Flight’ I left the bench in this shot of the Arcturus (CP140A) at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, as the bench is a place for people to sit, reflect, remember, or have a bite to eat.

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Winter cliffs – Bay of Fundy

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Katherine

A happy winter moment along the Nova Scotia shore of the Bay of Fundy

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