Day 16: Mon Aug 28-06-Antigonish NS to Port Aux Basque NFLD

One of the buildings of the famous St Francis Xavier University. There are blocks and blocks of them. The folk man is one of many carved wooden folk figures around Antigonish.
We spent the night in Antigonish and got up about 07:30. After having coffee and packing we got underway. We drove along # 2 east for about an hour and then stopped for breakfast at the Canso causeway. That is the road that connects Cape Breton Island with the mainland of Nova Scotia. After breakfast we continued on and got to North Sydney about 13:30. The road from Canso ( Port Hawksbury) to North Sydney was a motorcyclist's dream. Very windey with lots of steep hills and sharp curves.
We arrived in North Sydney and drove to the Ferry terminal. I called Myles Burke who lives nearby. We used to work together in Calgary. I was his officer coach when he first came on the job. He is now the Inspector of North Sydney division of the cape Breton regional Police Dept. I think it must be due to his superb early training......we met up for a bit and went to his office which is right near the Ferry terminal. we will visit him and his family on our way back from Newfoundland.We boarded the Ferry at 15:00 and tied down the bike and went up on deck. The departure was delayed for an hour because of a jammed ramp but we got underway at 17:00. The ferry was named the "Carribou". It was named that to honor the first "Carribou"which was torpedowed by a German U-boat in 1942 and sank with a loss of 137 passengers and crew.......On a lighter note...I had baked cod for supper and Judy had fish and chips and they were both very good. The crossing took six hours and about half of that was in the dark. The weather was good and the crossing was smooth. We got to Port Aux Basques at 23:00 and drove about 5 blocks to our Hotel.