This morning (Saturday) I visited COGS. I was interested in reading the details of one of the cartographic displays. It was the winner of the 2023 President’s prize at the Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA). The work was by cartography student Hannah Genosko on food deserts in rural Nova Scotia and also in urban Halifax and Dartmouth — deserts, not desserts. It is located in the corridor (northwest corner/ Cartography).
This display encouraged me to think about ‘financial deserts’ and the associated methodology. Interestingly, in the COGS cafeteria, I did notice a Triton ATM machine.
Yesterday, Heather and I walked the Delaps Cove Wilderness Trail. On the Bohaker trail, at the shoreline, there is now a monument to a fishing boat that disappeared with all crew on board, a few years ago.
We have yet to try Charlie’s trail which adds a few more kilometers. Afterwards, we took the coast road to Hampton. Then over North Mountain and down to Bridgetown.
This trip reminded me , not only of The Mountain and The Valley (I.e. South Mountain and the Annapolis River Valley) but also the Mountain and the Bay of Fundy ( i.e. North Mountain and the Fundy Shore).
So many different landscapes and economies, all compressed into a small geography.
Postscript
Later in the day, Edward forwarded a link to a W5 article on the Haunted House of Hampton including an distressing video.
Acknowledgements
Heather joined me on the Delaps Cove Wilderness Trail. Edward added graphics and the links.
Ernest Blair Experiment 