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| Jelly fish out of water |
The morning is spent doing a 1.5 hour out and back beach trail hike. There are so many jelly fish washed up along the shoreline, which will sadly meet their end as they can only be out of water an hour or so and the tide won't be back in for hours.
We actually see the NFL ferry we just arrived on late yesterday.
After the beach hike we head into the town of Pictou. It's a lovely little salty, seaside village.
The Hector Heritage Quay features a full-scale replica of the ship Hector. The original Hector brought 189 Scottish settlers to Nova Scotia, which was the first major wave of Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773.
It's a great museum reliving the tales of these early settlers and the hardships they faced beginning a new life in a very different land. The Mi'kmaq were the original people living in the area and actually helped the Scottish people survive their first harsh winter by teaching their hunting and trapping knowledge.
The replica was first launched in 2000 but in September 2022 the post-tropical storm of Fiona caused the ship severe damage.It was taken out of the water for a full restoration. In 2025 it was once again floated but it is still being worked on today with a 2028 full relaunch date.
We do a walk about Pictou to see some of the water front sites.
Later in the evening we take in a concert at The Pictou deCoste Performing Arts Centre. A great little music venue where Cassie & Maggie, a couple of local Nova Scotia sisters perform. They are Juno Award nominees and Canadian Folk music award winners. Very talented :)
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| Northumberland Ferry |
We actually see the NFL ferry we just arrived on late yesterday.
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| Birthplace of New Scotland |
After the beach hike we head into the town of Pictou. It's a lovely little salty, seaside village.
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| Love this saying :) |
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| Hector's Quay |
The Hector Heritage Quay features a full-scale replica of the ship Hector. The original Hector brought 189 Scottish settlers to Nova Scotia, which was the first major wave of Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773.
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| Scottish and Mi'kmaq together |
It's a great museum reliving the tales of these early settlers and the hardships they faced beginning a new life in a very different land. The Mi'kmaq were the original people living in the area and actually helped the Scottish people survive their first harsh winter by teaching their hunting and trapping knowledge.
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| Tartans of Scottish settlers |
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| Deck of ship Hector |
The replica was first launched in 2000 but in September 2022 the post-tropical storm of Fiona caused the ship severe damage.It was taken out of the water for a full restoration. In 2025 it was once again floated but it is still being worked on today with a 2028 full relaunch date.
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| Restored bunks below deck |
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| Hector refloated in 2025 |
What makes the museum so great is there are people actually working in various locations of the museum that we talk to about the work they are doing for the ships restoration.
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| Hector in need of a mast |
We do a walk about Pictou to see some of the water front sites.
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| Boat at center of artisan market |
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| Love this meeting :) |
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| Old lobster fishing boat |
Later in the evening we take in a concert at The Pictou deCoste Performing Arts Centre. A great little music venue where Cassie & Maggie, a couple of local Nova Scotia sisters perform. They are Juno Award nominees and Canadian Folk music award winners. Very talented :)
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| Maggie and Cassie |
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