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Nouvelle-Ecosse and its sentinels of the blue sea |
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Written by jane69
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Wednesday, 26 October 2005 |
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Page 1 of 3  The maritime province of Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada is surrounded by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Northumberland Strait, the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia is best known for its high tides, lobster and fish. The strings of lighthouses, standing guard along the coasts of this wild and windswept land, are like sentinels of the sea.
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The Sandy Point lighthouse stands just a stone’s throw away from the small town of Shelburne. It is different from the other “sentinels of the sea” visible along the Highway 103 in Nova Scotia, also called the Lighthouse Route Scenic Drive, as it is surrounded by water at high tide. Without the coded flashing lights it  | | Shelburne |
emits from dusk to dawn, along with some 50 other lighthouses standing guard along this same coast, the men and women who work on the waters of Nova Scotia would be navigating blind.
Most of Nova Scotia’s lighthouses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the Cape Forchu lighthouse, north of Yarmouth, is both one of the oldest still standing (it was built in 1839) and the most modern, as it was entirely  | | Cape Forchu lighthouse |
remodeled in 1962. The tall slender steel structure  | | Halifax |
dominates the western tip of this peninsula, which belonged to the Micmac Indians and then became home to Acadians. The Highway 103 follows the entire South Coast of Nova Scotia; this narrow strip winds among the gentle hills toward Halifax. Almost every cove has its fishing village and a lighthouse. And each one has its own design, a unique legend, and a place in Nova Scotia’s history.
 Barrington is an industrious small town of sawmills and canneries, but it has no lighthouse protecting the coastline. Some 656 feet inland, however, perched above a parking lot, is  a scale replica of the Seal Island lighthouse, located some 12, 5 mi away. The tower, topped by the original lantern, now houses the Seal Island Lighthouse Museum, which commemorates the history of lighthouse keepers and sailing along the west coast.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 November 2005 )
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The maritime province of Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada is surrounded by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Northumberland Strait, the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia is best known for its high tides, lobster and fish. The strings of lighthouses, standing guard along the coasts of this wild and windswept land, are like sentinels of the sea.;)
Barrington is an industrious small town of sawmills and canneries, but it has no lighthouse protecting the coastline. Some 656 feet inland, however, perched above a parking lot, is ;)
a scale replica of the Seal Island lighthouse, located some 12, 5 mi away. The tower, topped by the original lantern, now houses the Seal Island Lighthouse Museum, which commemorates the history of lighthouse keepers and sailing along the west coast.;)
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