Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Fishy Fishy
There’s a lot that’s fishy in the Maritimes. Seafood resources are a key part of Nova Scotia’s economy. I visited two Yarmouth businesses...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Spunky Museums
'Muse see ums' spells out how I navigate my way through museums, and for its size (pop. 7,200) Yarmouth does reasonably well with its...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Walk, Eat, Drink, Repeat
I was observing the play of light and shadows on Water Street when I came across two businesses joined at the hip that I consider to be...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – The way to Cape Forchu
After a filling breakfast we left the ultramodern TRU by Hilton with its bold indigenous-Scandinavian design for a morning drive to Cape...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – instagram walkabout
Being ‘from away’ in Toronto, I kept asking myself “Where are all the people?” In many ways Canada’s maritime provinces are a step back...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 12
- 1 min
Gone Fishin' for the Sturgeon Moon
August 22, 2022. According to the old Farmers' Alamanac, the August full moon was given its name because this is the month that sturgeon...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Cape Sable Lighthouse as time goes by
From the middle of a 1,500-year-old drowned forest at Hawk Beach there’s a good long-distance view of Cape Sable lighthouse on a clear...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Good ol’ Bootlegging and Beer
I’m sitting in Moonshin’hers Café Bistro with framed photos of past nefarious activities decorating the walls. Mario Nadeau from the...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Portraits by Karsh at Pier 21
As a poor Armenian immigrant in 1923, Yousuf Karsh received the usual discriminatory treatment meted out to strangers, but through...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Climb the Light
If it sounds like a sneeze, you’re in the right place. Cape Forchu lighthouse is the pinnacle of Nova Scotian beacons. In 1604 Samuel de...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Dream Inn
How many of us can say we filled a dream? After selling her London, Ontario house in just 8 ½ hours, Amanda motored 1,720 km / 1071 miles...
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Gary Crallé
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Wade to the Lighthouse
Our waitress at The Ship’s Galley restaurant was surprised at my having finished 3 pieces of fish plus fries, but I was actually just...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Boxing Rock Brewing
Is this for real? Unless I dreamt a couple of visits, I would say yes. As confirmation and to quench a thirst for craft beer, engineers...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 31
- 1 min
A Lighthouse Named Fish?
Well, not exactly, but Baccarro Point Lighthouse does derive its name from baccolaos which is Basque for cod fish. The southernmost tip...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 31
- 1 min
East Pubnico Harbour Lighthouse
The sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds as we rolled up to Pubnico Harbour in the morning. No boats is sight but lots of...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 29
- 1 min
A Little Stone Bridge
During our journey between lighthouses at Cape Saint Mary and Pubnico Harbour, Nova Scotia, we came across a little stone arch bridge...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Strange Occurrence.
Here's an odd coming together of disparate elements: While waiting for our car to be repaired in Sackville, Nova Scotia the day before...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Old Kingston Town
Just kicking back during a mellow summer's evening concert in old Kingston, Ontario, with friends Jo and Craig. #kingstonontario ...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Cape Saint Marys
“The place where the fog is made,” say the Acadians about the Bay of Fundy’s Cape Saint Mary. Yup, Fundy is one of the foggiest places on...
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Gary Crallé
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Belliveau Cove Lighthouse
Belliveau Cove lighthouse is so small it’s almost unnoticeable. Almost within tossing distance from the structure we met two men who were...
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