▶︎ A superb beach of sand and pebbles on the Atlantic ocean side adjacent to windsurfers and kite enthusiasts. With its impressive wages, The Beach is also renowned for local and inernational surfers It is often nicknamed the “Canadian Wildwood” just 25 minutes from Halifax, NS.

▶︎ On the edge of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, jutting out into the frigid North Atlantic, Cape Spear is the most easterly point in North America. The landscape here is rugged, windswept and, along with its inhabitants, bears the brunt of unforgiving winters. Each spring thaw reveals the impressive forces at play as well as the tenacity of the island’s residents, who unquestioningly pick up the pieces and start the rebuilding process once again.

▶︎ Newfoundlanders have adapted to their ‘Rock’ in many unique ways. This image of the Outer Battery in St. John’s is one example of many throughout the province illustrating how its people have learned to thrive on this rocky landscape.

▶︎ Constructed of roads too narrow for two-way traffic and houses that cling inauspiciously to exposed rock, one can’t help but smile at the ingenuity of the builders that so carefully worked with their landscape, instead of imposing upon it

▶︎ The working waterfront, which was built without specific aesthetic intent, creates a beautiful play between construction and water. Do the fishers who use the site appreciate the beauty as well as the utility?.

▶︎ “Peggy’s Cove” est reconnu pour son caractère picturesque et rustique si typique de la côte est Canadienne avec ses rochers délavés faisant face la l’océan Atlantique.

▶︎ Le phare de “Peggy’s Point” est sans contredit le point de repère le plus connu et le plus photographié de toute la Nouvelle-Écosse.

▶︎ Lors de nos visites régulières des Maritimes avec nos enfants, nous cherchions toujours les quais et les marinas chantiers maritimes. Nous y trouvions toujours des histoires, les multiples textures de la mer telles que racontées par les navires. Regarder les bateaux sur terre, hors de leur élément, laisse inévitablement une impression confuse de puissance et de fragilité.