Canning is located in the Annapolis Valley... Valley being the key word here. As you drive out of Port Williams into Canning, you come upon this sign:
The sign reads "3,030 acres, privately owned, reclaimed from the sea ca. 1682 - 1812. If the running dyke should break, a normal tide would be up to this line."What does this mean? It means that in 1682 a bunch of guys built a dyke... that was a long freaking time ago! What else does it mean? Well, that if the dyke broke, Canning and the road OUT of Canning would be under water.... weeeeeeee!!!! I'm buying a boat!!!!! The whole "reclaimed from the sea" thing bothers me. It practically is an invitation for a big "act of God" flood, doncha think?
Moving on...
At this point we drove up out of the valley, onto The Look Off. Down there you can see all of the lovely corn and orchards and part of the Minas Basin (with dyke fully intact, or that would be under water.)
More of a view of the Minas Basin. This is at High Tide.
This is a familiar sight of me being ridiculous....
Driving down from The Look Off to Scot's Bay/Cape Split, we came across this memorial. It reads "Jess Family Memorial.This monument commemorates two of Scots Bay’s early pioneer settlers: Lisette (Christened Catherine Louise) Payzant (1756-1819) and her husband George Jess Sr. (c. 1753 – 1824).
Lisette was born in Quebec while her mother and siblings were being held captive by the French following the slaughter of her father (by Malecite raiders) in 1756 on Covey Island in Mahone Bay, N.S. After the fall of Quebec in 1759, the British repatriated her family to Falmouth, N.S. , where Lisette and George married and became the progenitors of the Jess family of Nova Scotia. They both lie buried near this memorial on the site of their original homestead established some time before 1792."
A storm rolling in over the ocean! oooooooooh, dramatic!Who knew there was so much history out here?
Love Love Love,
Gillian
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Hi Gillo, a native "bluenose" was in the store just now, and recomended the Harbourville Restaurant By The Sea, at 3281 Long Point Road, Berwick. They have a German buffet Thursday to Saturday evenings for $15. Just in case you and Mom and Dad want to go out for dinner, or need to recomend a place to your future guests. On the Google map it looked like a 15 minute drive from Canning.
Hugs all around!
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