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| Site of first Lighthouse in Canada - 1731 - magnificant views of the ocean |
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| What a find - on the “French side” of the island - near Cheticamp |
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| Espresso and Folk Art - what a combination! |
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| The artist at work |
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| His raw materials! |
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| His final works - fish and owls |
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| The resident orange cat - 14yrs young! |
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| Views of the Cabot Trail |
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| The shortest ferry trip ever! - only 2 minutes! |
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| You can see the short distance we had to cross - the ferry was pulled by an underwater cable |
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| A Ceilidh at the Gaelic College near St. Anns Bay - the drummer just returned from Halifax after playing live with Paul McCartney on his “Mull of Kintyre” song |
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| THese “burls” are growths on local trees that are used to make bowls and farm tools |
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| Scottish Highland Village: Early homes were made from field stone and sod - known as a “Black House” |
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| School house - 1917 |
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| Gr 1 - 12 in one room |
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| Gaelic was not allowed to be spoken in school - what a shame |
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| General Store - more local rug hooking is being demonstrated |
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| Making a Cape Breton style of Haggis - using a Goats stomach! |
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| The owner of this home is also the village phone operator - 1 line shared by 12 phones on a party line |
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| On our way back we stopped in Big Pond and had lunch at Rita MacNeills Tea room - very nice! |
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| This brook supplies all the water for the Glenora scotch along with Barley and Yeast - the only ingredients |
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| Our home for one day in Mabou, Cape Breton - home of the Rankin Family |
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| We found a chapel to the Mother of Sorrows - a Dutch order founded in the 1920's |
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| The Red Shoe Pub - 3 Rankin sisters are proprietors since 2005 |
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| The pub hosts live music daily - even the Rankins have played here |
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| Blessing of the boats in Mabou Cape Breton |
