2019 Nova Scotia – part 4, Cape Breton: Bell’s hydrofoils
After his success with flying, Alexander Graham Bell turned his sights on faster boats. His idea was to take what he had learned with aeroplanes and apply the technology to...
2019 Nova Scotia – part 5, Cape Breton: Bell’s other pursuits and his life at Beinn Bhreagh
Along with Bell’s successes with the telephone, flying machines, and hydrofoils, he had other interests that filled his mind with possibilities. Such excitement with life and improving life for others,...
2019 Nova Scotia – part 6, Cape Breton: Fortress of Louisbourg from the mid-1700s
Remember an earlier post from Charlottetown when we talked about the French coming from Louisbourg to meet the local natives, Mi’Kmaq, for their annual get-togethers? Today we drove to the...
2019 Nova Scotia – part 7, Cape Breton: Cabot Trail drive and the Scots in Nova Scotia
Remember at the end of the posts about the Alexander Graham Bell museum we had a picture of an older Casey Baldwin and that he was responsible for the Cabot...
2019 Nova Scotia – part 8, Cape Breton: Sydney’s Jost House and Governor’s house
On our last full day in Cape Breton, we drove into Sydney to have a look at the waterfront. With the plan of finding a parking space and walking over...