Omi's Travels

Day 5 Annapolis Valley and Melvern Square

As we drove from Yarmouth to Melvern Square, Omi mentioned that Annapolis Royal was a town she remembered from her visits as a child to Nova Scotia near where cousins Janet and Jean lived on a farm with their parents Ellen and Garnet. Garnet would take his products to market to Middleton and maybe sometimes drive his truck to this town too.

We took a pit stop at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens
Nova Scotia flag waving under a most amazing Linden tree.
We got a short walk on the boardwalk along the Annapolis River. This was a major transportation route in the steamship era.
Lighthouse at the Annapolis Royal waterfront.
Annapolis Royal was the capital of Nova Scotia until Halifax was founded in 1749

Then on to see the cousins!

With Janet Boates – my grandmothers cousin’s daughter. Omi spent summers at her father Garnet’s farm – right down the road. Omi and Auntie Gay rode horses from the farm down the road, marking up the pavement.

At Melvern Square we stayed with Janet and Stanley Boates

A photo of Omi and her sisters and Ellen, Janet’s mother

Looking through the photo album with Janet and Stanley
Isabel Shipley McNeill is Janet’s great aunt and Omi’s grandmother. Hubert was the Methodist minister for the community in Chebogue but also spent time in Digby.

We all hopped in the car and drive to Hall’s Harbor Lobster Pound.

Janet and her sister Jean, and Omi at Hall’s Harbor.
Me with Robert and Stanley
We stopped for a view of Margaretsville where there was a popular place for ice cream when Omi and Auntie Gay and Janet were little
We ended the day with sunset at Port George which is a lovely seaside community on the Bay of Fundy with expansive views of the tides.

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