Day Seven and Eight 270 miles
Traveled from Halifax to Sydney on Wednesday and spent two nights in Sydney.
Had dinner at the Governor's Pub on Wednesday night. Great food but place was little noisy.
It rained all day on Thursday, today, so we rented a car and went off to see the Miner's Museum in Glace Bay, NS. An interesting tour. I had no idea that coal was mined off the coast of Nova Scotia since the late 1600s. Some of the mines were 2700 feet below sea level. All were out under the ocean. We were told there were many levels of coal. Some veins 12 feet high some only 18" high.
The veins are all separated by 2 or so feet of sandstone/limestone. So it means that the sea level, at some time in the far distant past was very much lower than it is today (coal comes from decaying organic matter such as trees).
The mines, about 40 of them, were all worked during the last 100 to 200 hundred years. A really nice tour and the guide was a 78 year old miner who spent 50 years plus in the mines.
We had dinner at the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. This was one of the best places we have eaten, good food, good music and the sound level was not to bad. We have been in some places that were really loud.
Tomorrow we start the trip back, headed to Prince Edward Island by ferry. The ferry ride over is free but it cost 77 CAD to leave the island.
Here is the only picture I took in the mine we toured.
Traveled from Halifax to Sydney on Wednesday and spent two nights in Sydney.
Had dinner at the Governor's Pub on Wednesday night. Great food but place was little noisy.
It rained all day on Thursday, today, so we rented a car and went off to see the Miner's Museum in Glace Bay, NS. An interesting tour. I had no idea that coal was mined off the coast of Nova Scotia since the late 1600s. Some of the mines were 2700 feet below sea level. All were out under the ocean. We were told there were many levels of coal. Some veins 12 feet high some only 18" high.
The veins are all separated by 2 or so feet of sandstone/limestone. So it means that the sea level, at some time in the far distant past was very much lower than it is today (coal comes from decaying organic matter such as trees).
The mines, about 40 of them, were all worked during the last 100 to 200 hundred years. A really nice tour and the guide was a 78 year old miner who spent 50 years plus in the mines.
We had dinner at the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. This was one of the best places we have eaten, good food, good music and the sound level was not to bad. We have been in some places that were really loud.
Tomorrow we start the trip back, headed to Prince Edward Island by ferry. The ferry ride over is free but it cost 77 CAD to leave the island.
Here is the only picture I took in the mine we toured.
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