First Event of the Season - Part Two

Here's the second instalment of our great day at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. They have two really awesome boats to explore: the Cape Sable, a decommissioned dragger, and the Theresa E. Connors, an old fishing schooner. Here are photos of the Cape Sable tied up to the wharf behind the museum.

BT and JT especially enjoyed pretending to be the captain.

This area is up in the bow of the boat.

This cabin is more spacious than the rest. It was probably the captains quarters.

Here are bunks where the crew would have slept.



And the dining area. Notice the wood frame around the table and between the place settings. This was to keep their dinner from flying to the floor as the ocean waves rocked the boat.

Here are a few photos of the Theresa E. Connors.

 The front of the boat is tarped because of a refit.

 It's lots of fun running about the deck.

 This old stove is below-deck.

This is a view below-deck, peering through distant doorways. Lots of natural wood and ambience of days gone by.

Next time, I'll show you photos of a harbour tour on a great little boat with a put-put engine.

First Event of the Season - Part One

On Sunday the kids and I went to the annual open house at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg. It's a great family day with lots to do and see. As I have a lot of great photos I'll be publishing this in its entirety over the next few days.

The first photos are the street view of the museum. This building was a fish processing plant until a more modern facility was opened outside of town in 1965.

Please excuse the "Public Washroom" sign in the first photo, although I imagine that is a welcome sight to those who have travelled far to get here.

This is the back of the museum where a wharf runs the entire length of the building and along the back side of the parking lot.

 This is one of many exhibit rooms.  Everything you ever wanted to know about lobsters is in this room.

Some old wooden lobster traps.

A large collection of hand-carved decoys. Aren't they great?

Here is a codfish made of wood.

In this room is a full size dorey. There were also lots of boat models, all hand carved. The details on them were amazing.

This beautiful painting is in the room dedicated to those who were lost at sea.The opposite wall holds the names of the lost...so many...

These are just a few of the exhibits. There are three floors packed with "stuff" to enjoy. Most everything pertaining to our rich history in the fishing industry is here. There is also an aquarium with many tanks of various creatures from the sea.

Next time, I'll show you photos of our exploration of the boats on-site.