Photos of JP Cormier and the boys from the crab boat' All In Time" here in Canso.
Enjoying a great evening of good food, crab of course,good music and friends.
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07/20/2010, Canso , NOva Scotia
Around supper time last night, Berkley took us out in his boat"Irish Towner" to greet our boating friends from Florida in their sailing vessel"Evergreen". They are on there way to New Foundland and decided they would stop and visit. We have been watching them on a tracking system called Spot, so we knew they were close . They sure got a surprise when we greeted them by boat. The photo is of them and us as we motored back to the marina. Evergreen sails four months of the year with base camp for the boat being Maine. We met them last year while in Maine anchored in Valley Cove.
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07/19/2010, Canso, Nova Scotia
Yes, folks it is hot and sunny along the coast here today. We are enjoying our time home, doing a few side trips and fixing a few things around the house, the first project down being the front step repair. We took a side trip with my Brother Berkley and his wife Gloria with son Jared to Pictou. The Pictou Lobster carnival was taking place, we got to watch the lobster pot haul competition and the boat races, then checked out the museum, flea market and the booths selling various foods and gifts. On our way home Berkley drove the shore road bringing us to Ballanytyne's Cove. Ballantyne's Cove is a community in Antigonish County Nova Scotia, Canada named for one of its early settlers, David Ballantyne, who settled in the area around 1810.
Ballantyne's Cove, Cape George and Livingstone's Cove encompass the area locally designated as "The Cape."It turned out to be a beautiful day's drive.
Now that the lobster and crab fishing are finishing up , Tuna fishing is the next season of fishing in Canso.
Tuna fishing is big in the Canso area. My Brother Berkley fishes BlueFin Tuna with his friend Jim. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest, fastest, and most gorgeously colored of all the world's fishes. Their torpedo-shaped, streamlined bodies are built for speed and endurance. Their coloring"metallic blue on top and shimmering silver-white on the bottom"helps camouflage them from above and below. And their voracious appetite and varied diet pushes their average size to a whopping 6.5 feet (2 meters) in length and 550 pounds (250 kilograms), although much larger specimens are not uncommon.Bluefins attain their enormous size by gorging themselves almost constantly on smaller fish, crustaceans, squid, and eels. They will also filter-feed on zooplankton and other small organisms and have even been observed eating kelp. The largest tuna ever recorded was an Atlantic bluefin caught off Nova Scotia that weighed 1,496 pounds (679 kilograms). The photo is of the Canso Marina. Check out the Website:www.tunaxxl.com for more on tuna fishing in Canso,Nova Scotia and charters here.
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07/08/2010, Canso, Nova Scotia
This is a photo of Chris with my Son Andrew and his wife Crystal at the Stanfest on the last night. They decided to not sit down by the main stage but to watch from the hill. I caught up to them and took this photo. It was cold in the breeze on the hill so they were behind this Budget rent a truck for wind protection. We all went down to the main stage later, a lot warmer there.
I sure laughed when I saw them! but they were enjoying themselves and that's what counts.
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This was an article in The Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia's top newspaper, It sums things up:
Canso tunes up for a fine StanFest
By STEPHEN COOKE Entertainment Reporter
Sat. Jul 3 - 4:53 AM
The political boundaries in Canso may change but the resilience of its people and the power of music to pull them together remain strong.
The 14th annual Stan Rogers Folk Festival kicked off on the area's athletic field Friday night following months of preparation and anticipation for the weekend celebration. This year the roots music gathering is drawing thousands to the Guysborough County community for performers including Texas country maverick Jerry Jeff Walker, Florida's sacred steel electric gospel group the Lee Boys and East Coast icons like Ron Hynes and J.P. Cormier. And even though Canso's council voted to dissolve its charter as an incorporated town in April, an event like Stanfest goes a long way toward boosting local spirit.
"There's a psychological impact for the community as well as a financial one," said festival artistic director Troy Greencorn just before the 2010 edition got rolling with the deftly played jazz and jigs mix of Newfoundland guitarist Duane Andrews and Cape Breton fiddler Dwayne Cote.
"There are 900 residents and 600 volunteers, which means two-thirds of the population are on site wearing Stanfest T-shirts. There's nothing else in this county that brings its residents together like that."
For the past week, volunteers have been busy erecting tents over daytime performance stages, preparing newly expanded campgrounds for thousands of visitors and putting up signs guiding drivers toward the small fishery town at the end of a long and winding road.
A veteran of all 14 editions of Stanfest, Queensport resident Doreen Murphy has enjoyed watching the event grow from year to year while helping to run the backstage Green Room, where folk musicians grab their meals and renew old friendships.
"It's been fun from day one, and it's just continued to grow," said Murphy, one of a dozen Green Room volunteers who have been with Stanfest since the start. "I look forward to the atmosphere of working together, and getting the appreciation of the performers, and how appreciative they are of what we do. We've been able to get to know so many of them over the years; some of the regulars like Valdy, Bruce Guthro, Dave Gunning, J.P. Cormier. We love talking together and sharing jokes, it's all fun."
For Sydney Mines native Guthro, the trip to Canso is an annual ritual he prepares for each year, only missing two Stanfests since it began in 1997. On Friday night, Guthro closed down the main stage in the wee hours after sterling musicianship that also included songwriter Cheryl Wheeler's captivating storytelling, the effortless charm and passion of Alex Cuba, and a foot-stomping session from Baskery, a trio of photogenic Swedish sisters whose fiery acoustic country sound is bound to become a weekend favourite. Discussing his ongoing affection for Stanfest, Guthro said it was easy for him to sum up what brings him back every year.
"In a word, Canso," he explained backstage. "I love the music, and we musicians play a lot of festivals and move around everywhere, but here it's the town, it's just amazing. We stay at Joe and Grace Walsh's, and there's a pot of fish chowder and homemade soup on the stove, apple and blueberry pie, and they're just givers here. They just get a kick out of this big crowd rushing into their town, and all these musicians coming in, and the festival's phenomenal."
As listeners began staking out their spaces in front of the festival's permanent main stage, where a quick survey found audience members coming from Ontario, Pennsylvania and Virginia, a deeply tanned Greencorn noted how a week of sunshine and a rosy weekend forecast have generated a general sense of euphoria throughout the environment of Stanfest.
I myself have only been to the Stanfest a few years and Chris two, he loves music. My son Andrew and his wife Crystal have been to them all, they call it a family tradition for them, they love it and wouldn't miss it. Check the website out at www.stanfest.com.
The photo is of a few pictures taken over the weekend, My nephew Jared opened a coffee stand over the weekend at the marina with the help of his mom & Dad. He is in the Collage also"Jared's Coffee". A big hit over the weekend.
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07/01/2010, Canso, Nova Scotia
The fog was thick first thing this morning but the day turned out to be just beautiful, the sun and warmth arrived later in the morning. A great Canada day and not finished yet! Happy Birthday Canada!
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