The Cape Breton Living webcams are no longer live updating. The webcam system that was going for 20+ years is down. For now, there will only be a new image uploaded at irregular intervals. We’ll see how that goes.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Fog
If you can’t get out of the fog, get into it.
That’s just what I did this morning as I set out for my daily
walk. Living on the east side of Cape Breton Island, fog is something that we
must just accept as it comes in from the cool Atlantic Ocean and usually hangs
around for days or even weeks. So as I
head out, instead of snapping pictures of shimmering white seagulls in the blue
sky or the awesome scenic view that we are blessed with, I’m out there looking around
and appreciating the closer surroundings blending into a soft background.
As I’m writing this post, the sun is now trying
to break through the dissipating fog…. Come on sun!
Monday, February 3, 2014
January's Photos
From the Cape Breton Living website
As some of you might already know, every Friday a new scenic
photo of our beautiful island is posted on the site. If you’re wondering and
would like to check this out, you can find them on the Photo of the Week page of
the Cape Breton Living website. This January 2014, we ended up with an extra
Friday, which means instead of 4 photos for the month, we ended up with a bonus
one making it five scenic photos for January.
The first photo below is of the first sunrise
taken on January 1st, 2014. Thankfully we were blessed with a clear wintry sky and only a few fluffy white clouds. The next four week’s photos, we
seem to have a theme consisting of snow covered roof tops…
January 3, 2014
L'Ardoise - First sunrise of 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Recent updates
From the Cape Breton Living website
Hello 2014… Cheers to a brand new year folks! What better time to tell you about a couple recent changes done on the Cape Breton Living website. First, on the Photo of the Week page, the last 3 week’s photos were added and are conveniently posted below the current Photo of the Week. So if you missed the last week’s photo or just wish to see them again, they are right there just a click away.
Another change to the website is the URL you type in the address bar. The correct address is www.capebretonliving.com , If you find yourself using other URLs like “vhost1…” or “stpeterscable…”, you might then be re-directed or end up on a page that doesn’t exist. Best thing to do is go to www.capebretonliving.com and once on the website, you may bookmark it for future reference.
Hello 2014… Cheers to a brand new year folks! What better time to tell you about a couple recent changes done on the Cape Breton Living website. First, on the Photo of the Week page, the last 3 week’s photos were added and are conveniently posted below the current Photo of the Week. So if you missed the last week’s photo or just wish to see them again, they are right there just a click away.
Another change to the website is the URL you type in the address bar. The correct address is www.capebretonliving.com , If you find yourself using other URLs like “vhost1…” or “stpeterscable…”, you might then be re-directed or end up on a page that doesn’t exist. Best thing to do is go to www.capebretonliving.com and once on the website, you may bookmark it for future reference.
One more thing, it’s not exactly new, but on the Webcam
pages and the Photo of the Week page, there’s a comment box for you to share
your thoughts with other viewers. The next time you visit the website and you have
time to spare, we’d love to hear from you!
Saturday, October 19, 2013
This Week's Photo
Pleasant Bay - Cabot Trail
Early Monday morning on Thanksgiving Day, before the sun was
even showing any light in the starry sky, I packed our picnic basket with the
lunch that I prepared the night before and packed my charged cameras, cell phone and
(just in case) all its cables and chargers. By the time we had everything
gathered and ready to head out, the sun was just coming up over the hill giving us
an amazing warm yellow sunrise.
On this road trip, we decided to head for Sydney
and do the Cabot Trail counterclockwise. Somewhere on the 105 near Bras d’Or we
stopped for a coffee at Tim’s and then down the road to top up the car with
gas. Instead of taking the ferry in Englishtown, we drove to St Ann’s and
enjoyed the spectacular view of St Ann’s Harbour and its winding roads. The fall
foliage was not quite at its peak, but another week or two would have done it,
changing what is still green into yellows oranges and reds. But then waiting too long, we risk having
heavy rain and strong wind, leaving us with only bare trees with shades of
browns and greys.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Where my Father Was Standing
Photo of the Week September 27, 2013
The Cape Breton Living Photo of the Week for September 27, 2013 is of where my
father might have been standing when he was in Cape Breton back in 1942-43
during WW2. All I know is that he came over from Mulgrave on the ferry to Port
Hawkesbury for a visit and that the photo was taken nearby where the ferry came
in with the automobiles. As the years went by and with the opening of the Canso
Causeway, the area has changed, like the background and along the railroad
tracks. Looking at the photo (Photo of the Week photo), I’m thinking that the
old photo might have been taken further south along the train tracks with maybe
Point Tupper in the background? The next photo is where I think might be the
right place.
Another photo from the same visit is of him posing in front
of a large sign saying “PORT HAWKESBURY WELCOMES YOU TO CAPE BRETON
ISLAND”. This sign was set in front of
the Baptist Church on Granville Street for the tourists arriving on the island by
the automobile ferries until the opening of the Canso Causeway on May 20th,
1955.
Soon after this day visit, my father returned
home to Aylmer Quebec to later get married and raise a family in Ottawa. Looking
back, I know my father never knew that decades later he would come back to this
lovely island to visit a daughter of his who met and married a Cape Bretoner
and later made this island her home…
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Road Trip - Cabot Trail
Every
summer, usually sometime in August, there is one thing that’s on my to-do list
and that is to go on a road trip around the Cabot Trail. The past 4-5 years we
would rent a van so that the whole family could make the trek together, all of
us in one vehicle. This year however, we had less people tagging along, so our
trusting Nissan Sentra was able to take the four of us around the Trail. Before
heading out, we checked the weather updates, got ourselves ready, packed a
lunch and with our cameras fully charged we managed to leave the house by
8:00am. First stop was The Country Kitchen Restaurant in Port Hastings for a
hearty breakfast to keep us going until lunch. Leaving the restaurant, we got on the Trans-Canada
Highway 105 and stopped in at The Red Barn Gift Shop then onto the Cabot Trail
through the Margarees. Along the way we stopped every so often to stretch our
legs and admire the beauty that was surrounding us. The wind was crazy that day
and the waves were crashing on the shores with a loud roar sounding like
thunder. It felt very refreshing (without actually having to go in)! I couldn’t
pass through Chéticamp without stopping at Le Petit Chady Convenience store to
say hello and meet in person a fellow Instagrammer. It was such a pleasure to meet her, I could have
spent all morning chatting. Carl, Julie
and Maeghan were back at the car ready to continue on, so Denise’s daughter
took a quick snapshot of the two of us before I ran off back to the car. Soon
after leaving Chéticamp, we enter the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and
drove along the coastline to the MacIntosh Brook Park for lunch. We spent a
little over half an hour in the picnic area where we found and set up a picnic
table to eat our lunch and then spent a few minutes down by the brook before
getting back in the car to head for the Beulach Ban Falls then Meat Cove and
Bay St Lawrence. By the time we arrived
at the Englishtown Ferry it was 7pm. There we only had a couple of minutes wait
time before getting on the ferry and it takes a couple of minutes to cross St
Anns Bay. Coming off the ferry we headed for Sydney where we had a bite to eat
then onto the old Highway 4 to home. So here we are at the end of another great
day spent with wonderful people and being so thankful for living in such a
beautiful place…
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