On September 3rd - my second day in the Digby area I finally had the opportunity to get out and about for a bit.
I had an interview with Jim - one of my tour guides from the 2nd...Jim is a DJ for the local station in Yarmouth - CJSL the Wave 95.5 and I decided that I would visit a few things in Yarmouth and get to know the city better and then I wanted to retrace the route the guys had taken me so I could take some photos...
I rode around town a bit and went to the water front....
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| The Yarmouth Waterfront is very attractive |
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| Water Front |
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| The old buildings in town - many are very well preserved and retrofitted - being used as shops and offices. |
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| The beautiful Frost park ... |
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| The beautiful Frost park ... |
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| I had the pleasure of visiting the Firefighters Museum. The amount of
history in this small building is stunning and the quality of the
displays - impeccable... |
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| The Military Stature on the main street |
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| Firefighters Museum |
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| The office equipment of the day - notice on the left top corner the fire bell |
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| The oldest steam pumper - 1863 Amoskeag |
I enjoyed the time in the museum - there is so much to see in there and they span over 100 years of fire fighter history. You Fire Fighters who ride really need to make this museum a must do - get it on your bucket list boys and girls!
Church Point
No visit to the Yarmouth - Digby area is complete until you have
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| visited Church Point |
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St Mary's Church is the largest Wooden Structure
It took two years to build - 1903 to 1905 and took 1500 volunteers to erect
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The wooden walls are covered in canvas and white washed.
The church boasts 41 stained glass windows that were shipped from France in crates of molasses to protect them.
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| French Canadian artist Louis St Hilaire painted 9 religious symbols on
the ceiling - one of them reportedly represents a motorcyclist |
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| The organ boasts 999 pipes and is one of 6 models in Canada - it was built by the Casavant Brothers of Quebec |
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| The church is a registered museum and has two rooms that hold the
artifacts of previous priests and other religious artifacts of the time. |
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| The alter was originally in the old church that had been built in 1820 -
the alter was built by Father Jean-Mande - the original priest who
founded the parish in 1799 |
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| The collection is stunning and in very good shape |
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| I don't have much information on the next church - St Bernard - it was
the architecture and the extreme contrast to St Mary's that caused me to
want to stop in |
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| This church is constructed with 3' thick granite walls |
That was the extent of the tourism stuff I was able to do in the two hours I had to be a tourist - the Yarmouth region is SOOOO pretty and the ride along the coast line is nothing short of stunning.
Until next time - ride safe..
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