July 2019, Rose Blanche Lighthouse, Rose Blanche, NL
Our last stop in Newfoundland was in Rose Blanche, about 30 miles east of the Port aux Basques ferry terminal where our journey began. The Rose Blanche Lighthouse was built in 1871 with stone from a nearby quarry and restored in 1999. It was designated a Registered Heritage Structure in 2002 - the first lighthouse in the country to receive this designation.
The last remaining fisherman's home in the area, a newly renovated Salt Box Style home, is now the Lightkeeper's Inn B&B. It is a short walk from the lighthouse and I was determined not to leave Newfoundland without a night photograph of a lighthouse. The weather called for clear skies overnight and it was less than a week after the New Moon, so after weeks of cloudy nights, I finally got to photograph the Milky Way above a beautiful lighthouse in Newfoundland.
We also visited Barachois Falls about halfway between Rose Blanche and Port aux Basques along Highway 470.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Rose Blanche Lighthouse, Rose Blanche, NL
Our last stop in Newfoundland was in Rose Blanche, about 30 miles east of the Port aux Basques ferry terminal where our journey began. The Rose Blanche Lighthouse was built in 1871 with stone from a nearby quarry and restored in 1999. It was designated a Registered Heritage Structure in 2002 - the first lighthouse in the country to receive this designation.
The last remaining fisherman's home in the area, a newly renovated Salt Box Style home, is now the Lightkeeper's Inn B&B. It is a short walk from the lighthouse and I was determined not to leave Newfoundland without a night photograph of a lighthouse. The weather called for clear skies overnight and it was less than a week after the New Moon, so after weeks of cloudy nights, I finally got to photograph the Milky Way above a beautiful lighthouse in Newfoundland.
We also visited Barachois Falls about halfway between Rose Blanche and Port aux Basques along Highway 470.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Barachois Falls, Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, NL
Our last stop in Newfoundland was in Rose Blanche, about 30 miles east of the Port aux Basques ferry terminal where our journey began. The Rose Blanche Lighthouse was built in 1871 with stone from a nearby quarry and restored in 1999. It was designated a Registered Heritage Structure in 2002 - the first lighthouse in the country to receive this designation.
The last remaining fisherman's home in the area, a newly renovated Salt Box Style home, is now the Lightkeeper's Inn B&B. It is a short walk from the lighthouse and I was determined not to leave Newfoundland without a night photograph of a lighthouse. The weather called for clear skies overnight and it was less than a week after the New Moon, so after weeks of cloudy nights, I finally got to photograph the Milky Way above a beautiful lighthouse in Newfoundland.
We also visited Barachois Falls about halfway between Rose Blanche and Port aux Basques along Highway 470.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Western Labrador Tea, Barachois Falls, Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, NL
Our last stop in Newfoundland was in Rose Blanche, about 30 miles east of the Port aux Basques ferry terminal where our journey began. The Rose Blanche Lighthouse was built in 1871 with stone from a nearby quarry and restored in 1999. It was designated a Registered Heritage Structure in 2002 - the first lighthouse in the country to receive this designation.
The last remaining fisherman's home in the area, a newly renovated Salt Box Style home, is now the Lightkeeper's Inn B&B. It is a short walk from the lighthouse and I was determined not to leave Newfoundland without a night photograph of a lighthouse. The weather called for clear skies overnight and it was less than a week after the New Moon, so after weeks of cloudy nights, I finally got to photograph the Milky Way above a beautiful lighthouse in Newfoundland.
We also visited Barachois Falls about halfway between Rose Blanche and Port aux Basques along Highway 470.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Louisbourg Lighthouse, Louisbourg, NS
After a morning stop at Tim Horton's we spent the next day on the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where we visited lighthouses in Louisbourg and Peggy's Cove before heading north for an overnight stay in New Brunswick to visit Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. After visiting the park at both high and low tides, we crossed the eight-mile Confederation Bridge over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Harbor, Peggy's Cove, Peggy's Cove, NS
After a morning stop at Tim Horton's we spent the next day on the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where we visited lighthouses in Louisbourg and Peggy's Cove before heading north for an overnight stay in New Brunswick to visit Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. After visiting the park at both high and low tides, we crossed the eight-mile Confederation Bridge over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, Peggy's Cove, Peggy's Cove, NS
After a morning stop at Tim Horton's we spent the next day on the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where we visited lighthouses in Louisbourg and Peggy's Cove before heading north for an overnight stay in New Brunswick to visit Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. After visiting the park at both high and low tides, we crossed the eight-mile Confederation Bridge over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island.
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July 2019, Lovers Arch, Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park, High Tide, Bay of Fundy, Shepody, NB
After a morning stop at Tim Horton's we spent the next day on the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where we visited lighthouses in Louisbourg and Peggy's Cove before heading north for an overnight stay in New Brunswick to visit Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. After visiting the park at both high and low tides, we crossed the eight-mile Confederation Bridge over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Lovers Arch, Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park, Low Tide, Bay of Fundy, Shepody, NB
After a morning stop at Tim Horton's we spent the next day on the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where we visited lighthouses in Louisbourg and Peggy's Cove before heading north for an overnight stay in New Brunswick to visit Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. After visiting the park at both high and low tides, we crossed the eight-mile Confederation Bridge over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, West Point Lighthouse, Northumberland Strait, PEI
We spent our first night on Prince Edward Island at the West Point Lighthouse Inn on the Northumberland Strait. The inn was built in 1987 and does little to complement the still active 1875 lighthouse, which is the island's tallest and today contains a collection of lighthouse memorabilia and information.
We had hoped to photograph nearby Seal Point Arch, but it had collapsed, apparently many years earlier. We also visited the Howard's Cove Lighthouse across from the Kildare Princess Seafood Products fleet and plant.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Howard's Cove Lighthouse, O'Leary, PEI
We spent our first night on Prince Edward Island at the West Point Lighthouse Inn on the Northumberland Strait. The inn was built in 1987 and does little to complement the still active 1875 lighthouse, which is the island's tallest and today contains a collection of lighthouse memorabilia and information.
We had hoped to photograph nearby Seal Point Arch, but it had collapsed, apparently many years earlier. We also visited the Howard's Cove Lighthouse across from the Kildare Princess Seafood Products fleet and plant.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Teacup Rock, Northumberland Strait, PEI
We then spent a few days at the Dalvay-by-the-Sea National Historic Site in Prince Edward Island National Park. The park features beautiful beaches, but little else. We had hoped to photograph Thunder Cover Double Arch, but we discovered that it had collapsed long ago and only the nearby Teacup Rock remained. We visited the Panmure Island Lighthouse, an hour to the south, in between the heavy cloud cover and thunderstorms.
©Rich Beckman
June 2019, Panmure Island Lighthouse, Panmure Island, PEI
We then spent a few days at the Dalvay-by-the-Sea National Historic Site in Prince Edward Island National Park. The park features beautiful beaches, but little else. We had hoped to photograph nearby Seal Point Arch and Thunder Cover Double Arch, but we discovered that both have collapsed. We visited the Panmure Island Lighthouse, an hour to the south, in between the heavy cloud cover and thunderstorms.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Five Island Lighthouse, Five Islands, NS
Our original itinerary had us returning to Bar Harbor, Maine on the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia but our reservations were cancelled and we were re-booked on the ferry from Digby, Nova Scotia to St John, New Brunswick.
We spent our penultimate night at the wonderful and remote Lighthouse on Cape d'Or Inn and our final night on the equally remote Brier Island. We had a beautiful sunrise at Cape d'Or but evening clouds in both locations obscured the desired soft evening light, sunset and the full moon rising. On the way to Cape D'or we stopped briefly at the Five Islands Lighthouse and roadside park.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Cape D'or Lighthouse, Cape D'or, NS
Our original itinerary had us returning to Bar Harbor, Maine on the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia but our reservations were cancelled and we were re-booked on the ferry from Digby, Nova Scotia to St John, New Brunswick.
We spent our penultimate night at the wonderful and remote Lighthouse on Cape d'Or Inn and our final night on the equally remote Brier Island. We had a beautiful sunrise at Cape d'Or but evening clouds in both locations obscured the desired soft evening light, sunset and the full moon rising.
On the way to Cape D'or we stopped briefly at the Five Islands Lighthouse and roadside park.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Cape D'or Lighthouse, Cape D'or, NS
Our original itinerary had us returning to Bar Harbor, Maine on the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia but our reservations were cancelled and we were re-booked on the ferry from Digby, Nova Scotia to St John, New Brunswick.
We spent our penultimate night at the wonderful and remote Lighthouse on Cape d'Or Inn and our final night on the equally remote Brier Island. We had a beautiful sunrise at Cape d'Or but evening clouds in both locations obscured the desired soft evening light, sunset and the full moon rising.
On the way to Cape D'or we stopped briefly at the Five Islands Lighthouse and roadside park.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Cape D'or Lighthouse, Cape D'or, NS
Our original itinerary had us returning to Bar Harbor, Maine on the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia but our reservations were cancelled and we were re-booked on the ferry from Digby, Nova Scotia to St John, New Brunswick.
We spent our penultimate night at the wonderful and remote Lighthouse on Cape d'Or Inn and our final night on the equally remote Brier Island. We had a beautiful sunrise at Cape d'Or but evening clouds in both locations obscured the desired soft evening light, sunset and the full moon rising.
On the way to Cape D'or we stopped briefly at the Five Islands Lighthouse and roadside park.
©Rich Beckman
July 2019, Brier Island Lighthouse, Brier Island, NS
Our original itinerary had us returning to Bar Harbor, Maine on the ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia but our reservations were cancelled and we were re-booked on the ferry from Digby, Nova Scotia to St John, New Brunswick.
We spent our penultimate night at the wonderful and remote Lighthouse on Cape d'Or Inn and our final night on the equally remote Brier Island. We had a beautiful sunrise at Cape d'Or but evening clouds in both locations obscured the desired soft evening light, sunset and the full moon rising.
On the way to Cape D'or we stopped briefly at the Five Islands Lighthouse and roadside park.
©Rich Beckman
June 2019, St. Croix Falls, Bridgetown, NS
After taking ferries from Brier Island to Long Island to the mainland, we had a few hours to spend before the ferry departed across the Bay of Fundy to St. John so we drove up to Bridgetown and hiked to St. Croix Falls. The falls is on private land, but there is a social trail and were no signs, so we hiked down the hill to the base of the falls. We met a very friendly local man at the bottom who came there often to relax and he said nothing about us trespassing. The rain held off until the moment we returned to our car, but it rained all the way back to Digby.
When we arrived in St. John, New Brunswick, the fog was so thick we could barely see the road for our drive to our hotel in Pocologan. Around 9 p.m., after following our misguided GPS, we pulled into the Bay Breeze Restaurant for dinner. We were the only customers, but five members of the extended family that owned the restaurant maintained a lively conversation in Greek at an adjacent table throughout our dinner (which was excellent).
©Rich Beckman