On Tuesday, July 17th we moved to the southern part of the island to have better access to the southern part of the Points East Coastal drive. This is a small Provincial Park and our campsite is right on the water. We have full hookups but the one thing missing is a Wi-Fi connection. We’re also located near the port for the Northumberland Ferries. We decided to take the ferry to Nova Scotia on Friday the 20th. We won’t have far to drive for our 9:30 AM departure.
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| There's "Monty" on the left. |
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| Our view to the ocean. |
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| The beach is below |
While here we drove out to what I think may be the most famous lighthouse on the island, the Cape Bear lighthouse. It was the first place to receive the distress call from the Titanic on their Marconi radio. The lighthouse was open to the public and for a small fee you can go inside and climb to the light. It no longer is a functional lighthouse but is used as a museum. The actual working lighthouse is a few yards away and is just a solar powered light… not very newsworthy but I’m sure very important to the sailors at sea.
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| Cape Bear lighthouse |
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| The functional lighthouse |
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| Inside the lighthouse |
On the way
back from the lighthouse we stopped at the Rossignol winery overlooking the
ocean. After tasting some of their wines we each picked a bottle of our
favorite and headed back to the campground.
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| Rossignol winery tasting room |
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| Statue carved from the local red sandstone. |
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