One If By Sea

As I sit in my tiny apartment perched on the edge of Lake Ontario, I am smiling just recalling what it felt like to sit alone perched on the edge of the rugged and windswept Atlantic Ocean coastline just two days ago.  The warmth of the late day sun shone on me nullifying a cold, fresh gale off the ocean. It felt good to breathe in the ocean air and smile up at the sky. A banner Vagabond Photography adventure in the making!

My perch was actually the Cape Forchu Light Station grounds just west of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I took the long and winding narrow fishing road you see above all the way out to the Cape where a grand white and stunningly red light station resides, two incarnations of the beacon lighting the way home for seafarers since 1839. Cape Forchu got its name from Samuel de Champlain back in 1604 when he called this rugged stretch of rock “A Cap Forchu” or forked tongue of land. The light station is now called The Beacon to Canada, with its unique apple core silhouette rising above sharp rocks and pounding surf.  If you would like to see more snaps from Cape Forchu, please visit my gallery here, and please also visit the official website for the Cape Forchu Light Station here. The website is very well done with lots of stunning photography and thoughtful history.

While on the road, I also took a good number of photos with my iPhone along the Halifax-Yarmouth South Shore route 103. Fall colours, white churches, and ocean vistas dotted my route and made for one of my favourite drives of all time. To see a collection of iPhone shots, please visit my “iPhoneography” blog here  and here.

Ahoy Matey!