New Brunswick - Campobello Island

Campobello Island, New Brunswick

(sighseeing)

July 1, 2018 - July 4, 2018

Lubec, Maine - gateway to Campobello Island.

Our first day on Campobello Island we went back to the town of Lubec, Maine to see the town.  Had a nice lunch at a local restaurant. The haddock with lobster butter turned out to be chunks of lobster in butter ladled over the haddock!!!!  Yum!  Lubec is a pleasant town with a small business district.

Public boat launch at one end of the business district.

Lost fisherman's memorial. 
It lists the names of fisherman from Washington County, Maine and Charlotte County, New Brunswick
who have been lost at sea since 1900.

Flowers always add charm to the scene.

The pictures above and below are what remains of a smoked herring cannery in Lubec.
Lubec was, at one time, the national leader in smoked herring production!
These buildings are now a museum which show the process of smoking and canning herring.  Unfortunately it was not open the day we were there.

A couple of the businesses in Lubec.  In the distance on the right you can see the bridge to Campobello, Island.

West Quoddy Head lighthouse, east of Lubec.

The lighthouse stands on the easternmost point in the U.S.

Panoramic shot of the view from the easternmost point of the U.S.
The apparent curve in the fence and shoreline is due to the camera.
The land you see in the far distance is the western tip of Nova Scotia.

Lobster's are a large part of Maine's economy and this is how a lobster traps are set.
Each lobsterman has uniquely marked buoy's which are registered with the State.

Modern lobster trap.
Each has a 2" x 6" escape slot which allow undersized lobsters to escape.
They also have biodegradable steel rings that disintegrate after 6 - 12 months in case the line between the trap and the buoy is cut.  That allows the lobsters to eventually get of of the trap and continue on their way.

Campobello Island, NB

Atlantic Salmon farming pens just off Campobello Island.

East Quoddy Lighthouse just off the northern top of Campobello Island.
When the tide is out you can walk to this island by descending the steps in the picture below, walking on the floor of the ocean to steps in this picture.

Roosevelt Campobello International Park

The last in our trilogy of key FDR sights was this "cottage" on Campobello Island.  His father bought the land when FDR was only one year old and the family spent every summer here.  The original home built by his parents burned down but the home enjoyed by FDR and his family is now a major attraction.

Some "cottage" wouldn't you say?
It's as amazing on the inside as it is on the outside.

Some of FDR's personal possessions including his hat.

Water heater - a present from FDR's mother.

Wood stove in laundry room for heating the irons!

Of all FDR's homes, this would be my pick as the one to live in.  I'm so glad we got to visit both the house and the island.