Nova Scotia Lighthouses

Nova Scotia Lighthouses

As a long island like peninsula in Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia’s coasts have been protected for centuries by several faithful lighthouses. These historic buildings are now touristic landmarks. When you go there you shouldn’t miss the Lighthouse Route – you will not regret.

As I have an affinity to Nova Scotia, I visited quite a few, if not all of them… Here they are… * BTW I uploaded all this pictures to my Fine Art America gallery, where they are available as art prints. Just click on them for a larger format and to be amazed of the variety of prints:

#1. Sandy Point lighthouse at low tide in the fog. Shelburne, Nova Scotia (South East of the peninsula)

#2. Pubnico, Yarmouth area

#3, Digby on the Bay of Fundy: a lighthouse that has been transformed into a restaurant. This was the place where we took a small Ferry to go East. I gave to this one a painterly look in the digital media.

Briar Island

#4. A red and white striped lighthouse Briar Island. This is a small beautiful island North-West of Digby on the Bay of Fundy.

… And here is another lighthouse on Briar Island, Nova Scotia, overlooking Fundy Bay:

Briar Island Lighthouse

Cape Breton

#5. Cape Breton is a big island on the East side of Nova Scotia, with many places to visit and things to see.

#5a. The lighthouse of Louisburg. On the South-East part of Cape Breton this lighthouse has helped the sea navigation to the Fortress of Louisbourg. It has been destroyed several times during the battles between French and English during 1730 and 1758. I photographed it in a sunny September day.

#5b. The lighthouse at Gabarus, Cape Breton. Gabarus is a small fishing village South-East of the island

I really liked this one, so I made an enhanced version of it:

#5c. Regatta time in front of the lighthouse in Baddeck, Cape Breton, on Bras D’or Lake. * Bras d’Or is the largest inland sea in Canada and it’s 1/3 of the Cape Breton island area. I made this photo painterly as well. * I really like to play with my photos in the digital media 🙂

Halifax Area

#6. Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse  – You can also see in my other (linked) post, along with a few more…

All this photos are available as art prints in my FAA gallery of Nova Scotia

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Today’s Word:  Affinity