The ferry landing is pretty crude. See that concrete pad? That’s the ferry landing target:
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| The ferry landing |
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| Lining up... |
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| OOPS |
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| Well... okay I guess |
It was a beautiful day for a crossing! We saw lots of porpoises and seals, and had calm water.
We got to Blacks’s Harbour about noon. Cath had a great visit to the Cricket Cover Yarn Shoppe, and helped support the local economy.
We then went to a nice nearby picnic area to cook up some lunch. The propane hookup didn’t work though, in spite of (or rather, because of) our brand new adapter hose. Ah well, after a cold lunch we headed to St Andrews.
St Andrews has a great town campground, at the south end of town right on the bay, called Kiwanis Ocean Front Campground. We took electric site 36, 2 nights for $60, which seemed really reasonable for that location. It’s a somewhat crowded park, but salt water on 3 sides, with great sunrise views in particular, and quite close to downtown. We've stayed here a number of times over the years.
In the afternoon we headed out to tour Minister’s Island, only about 10 minutes from the campground. You can only visit this Island when the tide is low enough to drive across to it (in our own cars or whatever). It was the summer home of William Van Horne in the early 1900’s. There’s lots of info on their web site, well worth a visit.
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| At high tide, this crossing is underwater |
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| At low tide it's a gravel bar, firm enough to drive over |
Note that the National Park Pass isn’t accepted here, even though the Island is some form of a National Historic Site.
On the island, there is a fine old house and barn, all open for touring through, well worth a visit.
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| This flat area is the remains of the salt-water pool, refreshed every tide |
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| The 2-story bath house and change rooms |
A lovely evening back at the campground:
Alas, we couldn’t get our stove to work from the bulk propane tank, so we bought a couple of disposable cylinders to get us by. They worked fine, so the stove is not the problem.
Once again, Google Maps wouldn't handle the ferry crossings. So, Part 1 to the ramp to leave Campobello:
Part 2 to St Andrews via Black's Harbour detour:
Part 3, excursion to Minister's Island:
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