Day 12 - Sydney to Charlottetown

Today we left Cape Breton Island and made our way along the northern coast of Nova Scotia. We left the heavily traveled roads and drove along the coast to Cape George. Along the way, as we were taking some photos, the camera announced that the memory was full. It turned out that I failed to reinstall the SD card in the camera after I downloaded the card the night before. Unfortunately, the laptop we are travelling with will not download the camera's built in memory so those photos are trapped until we return home and can rescue them. So photos for today's travels will be added to the blog after our return home.

As we drove, we noticed one familiar sight with a little different twist.

When we reached the town of St. Peter's, we stopped to see the canal and locks that connect Bras d'Or Lake with the Atlantic Ocean. The locks canal and locks are unusual in that they are tidal locks which either raise or lower boats depending on the tidal differences at the lock location.

We stopped at a point of land above St. George's bay and took this shot of a fishing village harbor.

There was a display at this overlook with a pair of lobster traps and a description of how they worked.

Our route to Charlottetown took us to Caribou, NS where we waited to board another ferry. This ferry connects the northern coast of Nova Scotia to the southeastern coast of Prince Edward Island. The crossing takes about 1 1/2 hours and today the weather was warm and clear and the waters of the Northumberland Strait were perfectly smooth.

We met our ferry's sister ship going the other way about halfway across the strait.

It was a very pleasant trip across. Unfortunately, just as we reached the far shore, the rain started.

We made our way across the island, checked into our hotel in Charlottetown, and then went out for dinner.

Tomorrow, we will attempt to find a geocache on PEI and then cross back to the mainland over the Confederation bridge and continue our travels eastward through New Brunswick.

Today's mileage - 269 miles
Cumulative mileage - 4524.36 miles