Archive for June, 2007

Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Mom, Janet and Lyn visited our cousin Ken and his wife Joanne in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. The trip started by stepping foot onto “The Cat” in Bar Harbor, Maine. The CAT is the most amazing car ferry in North America carrying up to 775 passengers and 240 cars across the Gulf of Maine at highway speeds. Wedgeport is a small fishing village close to the town of Yarmouth. It was once known as “Sport tuna fishing capital of the world.” There also is a flourishing boat building business in town called LeBlanc Brothers Boatbuilders. Manager, Neil LeBlanc gave us a tour of his facility and we got to tour a lobster/scallop boat in the final stages of completion. Greg sat on the propeller blade which was about 4 feet high. If you want to see the boat completed, visit www.leblancboats.com and watch the final finishing touches. We went from the top deck down to the turbines and generator room, it truly was a fascinating tour and I don’t believe I’ll ever step foot on one again. A day trip took us up to the town of Digby for some fresh Digby scallops; we then went down a narrow peninsula where the Bay of Fundy and St. Mary’s Bay meet. I believe the area is referred to as Long Island. We also went out on Ken and Joanne’s boat.