Cornwallis River

This is my view this morning as I wait for the tide to change at 1230.  I’m anchored here near Wolfville.  Sunny and calm.  Parrsboro is beyond the bluff.

I got ashore briefly in Parrsboro, and had a visit with Eric and Rosalie who are camping there this weekend.  I was planning to stay last night, but at high tide it was very uncomfortable.  Even small waves can get really nasty when the current is flowing.   So I upped anchor about an hour before dusk and headed over here.

I anchored farther out last night, then came in on a falling tide this morning.  This is as far as I could come without danger of being stranded at low tide.  I’ll have about 2 ft of water under me when the tide changes in about an hour.

My plan is to travel on the incoming tide as far as I can upstream.  Should be fun.  There’s a bridge at Port Williams that may stop me.  Tidal range here today is about 30 ft.

I grew up in Halifax but never spent significant time in this area.  I have a much firmer grasp on the geography now.  Sitting here I can look into the valley, with the north mountain as a distinct feature.  In the early days access by water would have been through here or the Annapolis Basin.

Pics from yesterday.  I have some history with Parrsboro, having vacationed there lots as a kid with my family.  It’s very cool for me to visit by boat.  I remember when the Kipawo was returned and became the Ship’s Company Theatre.  That was the last boat to do ferry service between Wolfville, Kingsport, and Parrsboro.