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Some more photos of Battle Harbour, Labrador

Battle Harbour again:

From the schooner era:

The island is generator power, and many buildings in the museum were unlit:

The schooners would be warped around using eyes bolted into the rocky shore:

 

Battle Harbour, Labrador

We crossed from Newfoundland to Red Bay, Labrador. Red Bay was a Basque whaling port in the 1500s, and has a nice museum regarding a wreck from 1565. It is worth looking up in Wikipedia. The next day we sailed to Battle Harbour, Labrador, and yesterday to Fox Harbour, where I am stealing wifi from the local health clinic.

Battle Harbour was the center of Labrador fishing from the 1700s and active up in the 20th century for cod. It has been preserved with the help of government grants and a non-profit organization.  There is a ferry from Mary's Harbour, bringing a modest number of tourists traveling by car or camper up the coast of Labrador.

Some photos of Battle Harbour:

 

Firewood drying per Labrador style, with house in background, reminding me of that Wyeth painting, Cristina's World:

Battle Harbour in the schooner era. We tied up at about the same place:

Icebergs are everywhere here:

 

Greetings from Newfoundland!

Had a rousing sail across the Cabot Strait from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to the west coast of Newfoundland. Some 35 kt winds and big roller coaster following seas to clean out the synapses squeaky clean.  We visited the Bay of Islands yesterday and are in Neddy Cove at the moment.

 

My secret mission to Newfoundland and Labrador is sculpin studies:

All of the working boats are orange in the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland:

 

 

 

Baddeck, Nova Scotia

I arrived here from St. Peters a few days ago, will meet crew (Edmund) tomorrow, and we hope to sail on the next good wind to Newfoundland.

Baddeck:

Lake Bras d'Or, Cape Breton

Finally.

Passed by Canso, last day in getting to St. Peters canal lock and Lake Bras d'Or:

 

 

The dock at the Liscombe Lodge, and the river leading up to it. A nice place to arrive by water: