What's It All About, eh?

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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Countries Perusing The Blog Recently - running update of 22 Sep'19



I have been a bit remiss in updating and know that I missed  several countries but  the Google code only shows me the top ten (numerically) by day, week, month so if I miss a day I will never see that country listed elsewhere - sorry!

in alphabetical order


Argentina
  Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium 
Bulgaria
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Columbia
Estonia
Ecuador
France
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Japan
Kenya 
Mexico
Norway
Pakistan 
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia 
Serbia
Singapore 
Spain
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United  Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
??  Unknown Region ??
I have decided to update this post with any countries that are looking at the blog that have not yet been mentioned - and also to show this latest update date in the Title with the updated country itself being in red

(there are  also visitors which Google simply indicates as 'Unknown Region')

 Thanks for stopping by
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Bras d'Orr Lake, just one small inlet - III













Bras d'Or Lake

Bras d'Or Lake is an inland sea, or large body of partially fresh/salt water in the centre of Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Bras d'Or Lake is sometimes referred to as the Bras d'Or Lakes or the Bras d'Or Lakes system; however, its official geographic name is Bras d'Or Lake as it is a singular entity. Canadian author and yachtsman Silver Donald Cameron describes Bras d'Or Lake as "A basin ringed by indigo hills laced with marble. Islands within a sea inside an island." The lake is connected to the North Atlantic by natural channels, the Great Bras d'Or Channel north of Boularderie Island and the Little Bras d'Or Channel to south of Boularderie Island, connect the northeastern arm of the lake to the Cabot Strait. The Bras d'Or is also connected to Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Canso by means of a lock canal completed in 1869—the St. Peters Canal, at the southern tip of the lake. 
these are 2013 photographs with an older defective camera - I can now do better panorama 
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Bras d'Orr Lake, just one small inlet - II


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Bras d'Orr Lake, just one small inlet


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A Bit of Tree


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