{"id":4018,"date":"2022-09-26T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2022\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2022-09-27T23:07:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:07:45","slug":"maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2022\/travel\/maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Land of Lobsters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greetings from Camden, Maine — the end of my month-long voyage aboard the Huron Jewel<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The waterfront at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Huron Jewel at dock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This chapter begins at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, our first port of call after Quebec.  Docked in Lunenburg, we had a chance to do some deferred maintenance.  If you look carefully at the photo on the left, you\u2019ll see Thomas at the top of the foremast tightening the topmast forestay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bluenose II<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Docked at the pier next to us was the Bluenose<\/em><\/a>, the most famous ship in Canadian history!  The Bluenose<\/em> was both a fishing and racing vessel in the 1920s and 1930s. This Nova Scotia schooner achieved immortality when its image was engraved onto the Canadian dime. Although the original Bluenose<\/em> was lost in Haiti in 1946, its replacement, the Bluenose II<\/em>, is an exact working replica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Known as the “Queen of the North Atlantic,” this is a dazzling historic ship.  Look at all that shiny varnish!  A crew of 20 have the privilege of sailing her up and down the coast of Nova Scotia to show her off to adoring crowds.  It was an honor for the Huron Jewel<\/em> to be docked next door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A scallop trawler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Docked on the other side of us was a scallop trawler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas with scallops for dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We made friends with the owner of the trawler and were given enough scallops for two sumptuous dinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Town Lunenburg<\/a> is one of only two urban communities in North America designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Founded in 1753, this city was built by shipwrights. Seventy percent of the original colonial buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries continue to greet visitors with their colorful fa\u00e7ades and nautical architectural features, such as porthole windows, arches with elbows, widow’s walks<\/a> and roofs shaped like inverted ship hulls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n