When we travel along this western coast of Cape Breton, we are always watching the water , which to many of us is "the ocean" or "the sea" . In fact , it is really called the "gulf", meaning the Gulf of St.lawrence .
If a tourist or visitor asks about the weather along the coast , we talk about our high winds and our winters. When we tell people that the ocean is full of ice , they'll look at us in disbelief.
In these photos , you will see the ice at various coastal locations from Whale Cove on Route 19 to Cape Lemoine on the Cabot Trail in late February 2013.
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| View Of Margaree Island |
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| Looking North along Cap Lemoine |
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| Looking South to Margaree Harbour from Cap Lemoine |
The photos do not really do justice to the actual experience of actually seeing all this ice , and hearing the sounds of ice in motion as it does move when the tides change , or a wind is pushing it ashore .
Now another dimension of life along the ocean is that when you face West as we on this coast , you get to enjoy all those sunsets and the way the colours of the sunset change the landscape .
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| Sun setting "on the ice" |
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| Looking North from Whale Cove |
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| A longer view from Whale Cove |
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| Looking Back to that same house from Belle Cote |
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| And the sun has set |
