August 3
Time for the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores route.
First stop was St. Mary’s Church, seen from our campground last night and fondly remembered and recommended by my friend, Joyce, who studied French in this area here years ago. It’s the largest wooden church in North America and was designed by a simple boat builder. It’s beautiful:
Next stop was the Fishing Wharf in Meteghan, a busy port filled with lobster, scallop and cod boats. We chatted with one of the old boys who said he bought his lobster quota 40 years ago for $1,000 and would sell it today for $400,000. I love these talks:
Fog continued to build as we stopped at Smugglers Cove (you can barely see the secret cave):
…then St. Alphonse Church; the rocks in the grotto are actually carved from wood:
This is the closest I’ve ever come to a confession:
Loved Mavilette Beach with the tide out:
Mandy seemed to be enjoying the drive:
It was such a lovely drive through this very Acadian section. Beautiful houses brightly painted and proudly showing the “Stella Maris” flag and colours. There is a real personality here.
Interestingly, this changed some as we entered the “English” section of the coast. House are bigger with a little less character and the Wesleyan and Baptist churches prevail.
We took the road to Cape Forchu for lunch and a look at the lighthouse (and our rare picture of us together!):
Then we drove Water Street in Yarmouth and headed on to the Lighthouse Route via the Evangeline Trail. We stayed at The Islands Provincial Park (Site 31, $24). This is the view from my chair across the cove to Shelbourne. We could hear really good Bluegrass Gospel across the water (it was Sunday) and later learned that there is a drive-in church in the Home Hardware parking lot (thus the horns beeping at the end of each song):
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