The Road Goes On…

2024 Eastern Canada

  • Charlottetown, PE to Hillsborough, NB

    Not too much to report today as it was mostly a day of driving. We finally left Prince Edward Island, but not before stopping at the Information Centre in Borden-Carlton where Kevin had given us so much information of possible things to see and do when we arrived on this Island. Unfortunately, Kevin wasn’t working today, so we left a note of thanks with one of his kind colleagues. We returned to the mainland via the Confederation Bridge.

    Gas in New Brunswick is substantially cheaper than on Prince Edward Island and even more so at Costco where both the tank and our fridge was filled.

    Hillsborough has a railway museum and we’ll visit that tomorrow after spending the night nearby, well protected by an old fighter jet.

  • Hillsborough, NB to Fundy NP, NB

    The morning started with a walk to the Petitcodiac River passing geese filled fields along the way.

    Next to the river we found artifacts of time past – an old landfill site and two crumbing silos with graffiti and Danger signs. The concrete at the base of the silos on the river side was largely nonexistent so it may not be long before they tip over. At the moment it was home to quite a number of pigeons.

    The New Brunswick Railway Museum houses many artifacts from an older railway era. Here you’ll find documentation, signal lights, yard control panels, railway cars and engines, both diesel and steam. It would have been great if the “guides” actually told you something about these items instead of playing cards or with their phones, but nonetheless, there is lots to see, read and learn independently.

    We stopped in Alma at the Information Centre and got some tips for what to do in the area and where to eat. Dinner was right at the wharf at Tipsy Tails, before spending the night at the Fundy National Park Headquarters Campground at a site right next to a lookout point. When the tides are low, the ships rest on the mud and when the tide is high they are floating much higher on the dock.

  • Fundy National Park, NB

    We are staying in Fundy National Park for another night, although at a different campground at the other end of the park. Before moving to our new home, we visited Cape Enrage as it had been recommended by a number of people.

    Cape Enrage features a lighthouse with fog horn, a restaurant, gift shop, zip line and numerous hiking opportunities.

    There are fossils along the beach and a guided tour is available with admission to the grounds. Maya was our guide and this high school student was so knowledgable and engaged, a huge contrast to the students at the railway museum yesterday. In detail, she showed us all the different types of fossils in the area and explained what plants they had come from.

    Although the zip line was highly recommended, we chose not to try it. Instead, Ruth fell in love with a t-shirt. “Cape Enrage – calm and wild”.

    Our campground for tonight is the Fundy National Park Lakeview, right next to beautiful Wolfe Lake. The water beckoned and we had a great swim in the slightly cold water. After the swim in the late afternoon we sat overlooking the lake and enjoyed the serenity of this place.

    We returned after dark to look for meteors, but only saw a couple of satellites whizzing by.