Nova Scotia 2014 Trip 06: Joggins, Cape d'Or and Five Islands

Changde Wu    2016-01-22

The NE corner of Fundy Bay is a place worthy to explore for scenery, culcure and history.

(1) Joggins Fossil Cliff

Joggins Fossil Cliff is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its importance in geological research. It is also a place that Charles Lyell, the founder of mordern geology, did the research two times in 1842 and 1852.

P1 Joggins Fossil Cliff

P2 The cliff in low tide

P3 Viewing south along the cliff

P4 Face the cliff

P5 One kind of fossil in the rock

P6 Viewing north along the cliff

(2) Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

Cape Chignecto Provincial Park is a wildness park at a prominent headland that divides the NE end of Bay of Fundy.

P7 The visitor center of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

P8 The coast

P9 The beech and cliff

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(3) Cape d'Or

P14 Lighthouse restaurant on the top of cliff

P15 Cliff on the eastern side

P16 A lighthouse

P17 On the western side, the cliff is about 200 m high

P18 The cape and the lighthouse viewed from above

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(4) Five Islands

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P23 A county park

P24 Lighthouse

P25 Overlooking the five islands

P26 Close look at three of the five islands

P27 The window in the largest island

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P30 Five islands viewed from the Five Islands Provincial Park

Nova Scotia 2014 Trip 05: Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia 2014 Trip 07: Cape Brenton Highlands National Park