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Cape Breton evokes deep memories and strong emotions for me as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty of my adopted island. My hopes are that you too might find the photos evocative - maybe a view you've not enjoyed before, or an 'Oh I've been there', or if from away that you may be encouraged to visit this fair isle so that you might come to love and breathe Cape Breton as I do. One word about place names that I use - some are completely local usage while others are from maps of Cape Breton that I've purchased over the years. I frequently post travel and other photos that are of interest to me - and hopefully you.

On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.

Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using ©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.

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Easy Portage




13 August 2013

On leaving Lake Uist we had to do roughly 1/8th to 1/4th mile (0.2 - 0.5km) of wading with the canoe in tow.  It was quite pleasant really, clean refreshing water, nice wooded scenery, and only the occasional down-fall to scramble around.  We hadn't expected this shallow waters, somehow expecting to canoe the connecting channel to the various small lakes before coming back to the larger Loch Lomond.
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Al Chemist


When a chemist dies they barium.

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Strange Life Form




13 August 2013


At the exit to Lake Uist where in the immediate photo above you can see the shallow overflow over the man-made crib work - which seems to be an old dam barrier probably from sometime in the late 1800s or the early 1900s - we were amazed at the strange life forms shown in the first three photos.  Our guess was brown algae co-operating to form funnel-like filters to concentrate nutrients in the water rushing by.  In all three photos I am standing 'up-stream' and focusing on the funnel opening into the water current. As we walked with the canoe farther down the rocky stream we spotted many more colonies of these intriguing fragile brown algae clusters.  By my estimate the 'funnels' were from six to twelve inches (60 to 120cm) long and perhaps one and one half to two inches across at the funnel opening (15 to 20cm).  
If you know what these colonies are please leave a comment
 
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Lake Uist, Cape Breton

13 August 2013
This view is looking back across approximately 2 1/2 miles (a bit more than 4 km) of Lake Uist to our launch point on MacVicar road as we ready to do the walking portage-lovely canoeing-somewhat marshy venture (See posting of 13 August - Day Lake Canoe Paddle) to and thru three small bodies of water - Morrison Lake, Cemetery Lake and an un-named lake-like body of water which seems to be part of Loch Lomond on the Google maps.  At any rate my son's eagle eye spotted the somewhat obscure exit to the side through a long narrow but clear and deep channel after I had confidently started  leading us straight ahead toward the far dead-end of Unnamed pond.  We paddled through the gorgeous flowing channel into the north Loch Lomond proper and started on the last leg of our journey.
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