Sea Caves at St. Martins, Saint John County

Face in the Clouds: Sky Watch Friday

Can you see it? The face in the clouds.

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W is for Waterfall: ABC Wednesday

Focusing upon the letter W for this week gives me an opportunity to post photos of a few beautiful waterfalls I have visited in our province.

W is also for winter and below is the same waterfall as the one shown above but in a winter landscape setting.

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Boardwalk at the Sackville Waterfowl Park

Sky Watch Friday Over Saints Rest Marsh

Above: a view from the highway of a ship passing by Saints Rest Marsh, Saint John, NB.

Above: a car drives on the road which parallels Saints Rest Beach along the marsh. Saints Rest Beach along the Bay of Fundy is shown below.

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V is for Vespra Crossing: ABC Wednesday

I learned only last summer of this beautiful old, arched, stone railroad bridge that crosses the Little Yoho Stream at Vespra, Sunbury County, NB. It probably would have been built circa 1868 -69 when the old European and North American Railway line was being built between South Bay, NB to the border at St. Croix, NB and Vanceboro, Maine. Built of stone, in the time period before bridges were made of iron and steel, the keystone, seen at the center top of the arch, held the bridge together, making these stone bridges very strong. I doubt if this beautiful arched bridge is visited often for it was not that easy to access. First we had walked down the railroad tracks but as the top of it is just appears as a flat railroad bed a person could very well not even know it was there, but even though we knew it was there, the embankments were too steep to descend.

Determined to find a way in, we returned to the highway and found where it crossed the Little Yoho Stream. As it was during the dryness of August, last summer, we were able to walk the distance, up the very dry stream bed to the arched bridge. The distance wasn't great and it was well worth the trek. Upon our return we could view the more modern version of a corregated steel arch that is under the highway where it crosses the Little Yoho Stream.

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Sky Watch Over the Tantramar

In this region, once called Beaubassin, the Acadians settlers built dikes in the early 1700's along these salt water marshes. Today this area is called the Tantramar Marshes. The name Tantramar was derived from the Acadian French word 'tintamarre' meaning 'din or racket', in reference to the noise made by the many birds that feed there. (source Wikipedia) The Tantramar Marshes are located near Sackville, NB.

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Storm Clouds Over the Tantramar

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This photo above was scanned from an older 35mm print taken several years ago.

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U is for Unique for ABC Wednesday

U is for Urney, the name of this covered bridge that crosses Trout Creek in Kings County. The Urney Covered Bridge is just one example of the 64 covered bridges still existing in the province of New Brunswick. At a time when bridges were made of wood, a roof would be built over it to protect it from the rain and snow. The Urney Covered Bridge was built in 1905. All of the covered bridges shown here are still in use today.

U is for Upper, as in the location of the Burpee Covered Bridge at Upper Gaspereau Forks in Queens County. The Burpee Covered Bridge was built in 1913.
U is for Underneath for this is something very important to take into consideration if you want to drive a really tall vehicle though a covered bridge. Will it fit underneath the roof of the bridge? This height girder in front of the Budd Covered Bridge in Westmorland County tells us that the height of the bridge opening is 3.6 meters. The Budd Covered Bridge was built in 1913. U is for unique and there are a couple of features that make this Point Wolfe Covered Bridge so. Covered bridges are no longer being built for New Brusnwick highways but this one at Fundy National Park in Albert County was built in 1992. This was an exception as this bridge was built to replace a previous one that was an historical landmark and had been destroyed by a construction accident in 1990. Also this covered bridge is red and I think it might be the only one that has been painted.

U is for undeniable and that's what the setting of this Tynemouth Creek Covered Bridge in Saint John County is, undeniably beautiful! This bridge was built in 1927.

U is for up, and if you look up in some covered bridges you might find that a Barn Swallow has built its nest, like this one did in the Starkey Covered Bridge.

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Mispec Lighthouse

Deer Island

This photo was taken a few years ago at Deer Island, NB

Sky Watching At the End of Day

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T is for The Three Sisters - ABC Wednesday

T is for The Three Sisters . These mountains are located near Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

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