Browsing Baddeck

Victoria County, Canada

I am camped just 8 km from Baddeck, Nova Scotia and I took a break from driving today to just tootle down the highway to explore Baddeck. It’s a great jumping off point for all that Cape Breton offers. It’s a pretty town perched on the shores of Bras d’Or Lakes. Bras d’Or Lakes is Canada’s largest inland sea and is unique in that it’s both fresh and salt water depending on which channel you’re in.

So naturally there is a government wharf, a lighthouse and a yacht club along with a boardwalk with picnic tables and benches. Along the main drag of town there are shops (in which there is a decided nautical theme) and restauants as well as the stores the locals frequent such as the local CO-OP and compulsory Home Hardware. I’m looking forward to the first Farmer’s Market of the year tomorrow.

At the edge of town is the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. I stopped by to take some pictures while the sun was out, but saved going in for a rainy day, some of which are in the forecast. More on that and the historical significance of Baddeck later.

I stopped for afternoon tea in a coffee shop on the main street and had a cranberry scone and it was great, but I did miss out on warm-out-of-the-oven, rhubarb cake with a ginger bread crust. I think I might have to go back.

I’ve also spent a bunch of time today getting some chores done, such as laundry, sweeping out the trailer, organizing some of the cupboards better now that I’ve had a chance to use the trailer. Hard to believe actually that it’s 2 weeks tomorrow since I picked it up.

Enjoy a few pictures I took around Baddeck today.