The upper side is the highway over the mountains and down Kelly's Mountain. The lower side takes us past Rita's tearoom and by Sydney rather than the Baddeck area. I can't remember what the highway numbers are... (could look at a map, of course!) Yes, the ferry goes to Digby - sorry - I forgot since its been sooooo long and we also took the Scotia Prince from Portland to Yarmouth.. The year we went from Saint John to DIGBY we did so because we wanted to visit my sister in Pleasant River. Iris In a message dated 2/5/2010 6:06:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: ____________________________________ From: Nelson <[email protected]> To: karenn <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 2:22:15 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued To Iris I've lived in Cape Breton all my life 70+ years and this is the first time I've heard the expression - >> Of course, driving through Cape Breton is always a treat, whether you >> drive the lower side or the upper side. Then we take the ferry from North >> Sydney to Newfoundland at night so we can sleep and prepare to drive >> again >> once in Port aux Basques. We hit Tim Hortons immediately off the boat! >> >> Iris Where is the lower side and the upper side? Nelson ----- Original Message ----- From: "karenn" <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > To: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Cc: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued > the ferry does not go from St. John to Yarmouth it goes from St. John to > Digby and then you would have to drive to Yarmouth. > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > To: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >; <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued > > >> >> Saint John, NB isn't that far really and its a nice city. Bar Harbour >> requires that you exit off the highway somewhere around Bangor to Acadia >> penninsula, while Saint John requires about another 3 hours north after >> Bangor - if you take Rt 9 and through the border at Calais, Maine. Of >> course, getting your scheduling right so that you can take the ferry from >> Saint John to Yarmouth could be another issue.. >> >> We drive up to Newfoundland every year and never take the ferry from >> Portland or Bar Harbour or Saint John. We tried Saint John one year but >> felt like we wasted time and money having to take a motel in Saint John >> then pay the early am ferry and drive from Yarmouth across Nova Scotia. >> It >> was a longer drive than if we do what we've always done - drive up >> through >> Calais then through Saint John, Moncton area and on to Nova Scotia, going >> across the NB/NS border at Amherst. Nice tourist stop there and you could >> catch the Pipers. And you're on your own time.. >> >> Of course, driving through Cape Breton is always a treat, whether you >> drive the lower side or the upper side. Then we take the ferry from North >> Sydney to Newfoundland at night so we can sleep and prepare to drive >> again >> once in Port aux Basques. We hit Tim Hortons immediately off the boat! >> >> Iris >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bob gillis <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >> To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >> Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 9:31 am >> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued >> >> On 2/4/2010 7:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote: >>> Hi: >> This message slightly off topic, however I think it relates to anyone >> who has family in N.S. and who goes back and forth every few years >> to research their ancestry like I do. I just found out yesterday that >> the Maine to N.S. ferries are to be discontinued (from Portland and >> from Bar Harbor). There is a message at Bay Ferries website >> <http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html> >> _http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html_ (http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html) that details why. >> Nearest ferry for anyone going from the states to N.S. will be St. >> John New Brunswick which is a hike. They cite dropping revenues as >> their reason. >> the web sit says: >> On December 15, 2009, the Government of Nova Scotia informed Bay >> Ferries Limited there would not be an extension of financial support >> for ferry service out of Yarmouth for the 2010 operating season. >> >> As a result, the high-speed ferry service delivered by our vessel >> "The CAT" will end. >> Is this CAT Ferry the auto and truck Ferry or is that a separate service? >> bob gillis >> ---------------------------------------- >> asic List Commands: >> 1. To post to the list >> end a message to: >> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> . List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) that contains only the word >> nsubscribe >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) that contains only the word >> nsubscribe >> 3. 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You're making me homesick for Cape Breton Island!!! ♡ On 6-Feb-10, at 12:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The upper side is the highway over the mountains and down Kelly's > Mountain. > The lower side takes us past Rita's tearoom and by Sydney rather > than the > Baddeck area. I can't remember what the highway numbers are... > (could look > at a map, of course!) > > Yes, the ferry goes to Digby - sorry - I forgot since its been > sooooo long > and we also took the Scotia Prince from Portland to Yarmouth.. The > year we > went from Saint John to DIGBY we did so because we wanted to visit my > sister in Pleasant River. > > Iris > > > In a message dated 2/5/2010 6:06:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > > ____________________________________ > From: Nelson <[email protected]> > To: karenn <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 2:22:15 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued > > To Iris > > I've lived in Cape Breton all my life 70+ years and this is the > first time > I've heard the expression - > >>> Of course, driving through Cape Breton is always a treat, >>> whether you >>> drive the lower side or the upper side. Then we take the ferry from > North >>> Sydney to Newfoundland at night so we can sleep and prepare to >>> drive >>> again >>> once in Port aux Basques. We hit Tim Hortons immediately off the >>> boat! >>> >>> Iris > > Where is the lower side and the upper side? > > Nelson > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "karenn" <[email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > > To: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > Cc: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued > > >> the ferry does not go from St. John to Yarmouth it goes from St. >> John to >> Digby and then you would have to drive to Yarmouth. >> Karen >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >> To: <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >; > <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > >> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued >> >> >>> >>> Saint John, NB isn't that far really and its a nice city. Bar >>> Harbour >>> requires that you exit off the highway somewhere around Bangor to > Acadia >>> penninsula, while Saint John requires about another 3 hours >>> north after >>> Bangor - if you take Rt 9 and through the border at Calais, >>> Maine. Of >>> course, getting your scheduling right so that you can take the >>> ferry > from >>> Saint John to Yarmouth could be another issue.. >>> >>> We drive up to Newfoundland every year and never take the ferry >>> from >>> Portland or Bar Harbour or Saint John. We tried Saint John one >>> year but >>> felt like we wasted time and money having to take a motel in >>> Saint John >>> then pay the early am ferry and drive from Yarmouth across Nova >>> Scotia. >>> It >>> was a longer drive than if we do what we've always done - drive up >>> through >>> Calais then through Saint John, Moncton area and on to Nova Scotia, > going >>> across the NB/NS border at Amherst. Nice tourist stop there and you > could >>> catch the Pipers. And you're on your own time.. >>> >>> Of course, driving through Cape Breton is always a treat, >>> whether you >>> drive the lower side or the upper side. Then we take the ferry from > North >>> Sydney to Newfoundland at night so we can sleep and prepare to >>> drive >>> again >>> once in Port aux Basques. We hit Tim Hortons immediately off the >>> boat! >>> >>> Iris >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: bob gillis <[email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > >>> To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >>> Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 9:31 am >>> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued >>> >>> On 2/4/2010 7:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote: >>>> Hi: >>> This message slightly off topic, however I think it relates to >>> anyone >>> who has family in N.S. and who goes back and forth every few years >>> to research their ancestry like I do. I just found out yesterday >>> that >>> the Maine to N.S. ferries are to be discontinued (from Portland and >>> from Bar Harbor). There is a message at Bay Ferries website >>> <http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html> >>> _http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html_ > (http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html) that details why. >>> Nearest ferry for anyone going from the states to N.S. will be St. >>> John New Brunswick which is a hike. They cite dropping revenues as >>> their reason. >>> the web sit says: >>> On December 15, 2009, the Government of Nova Scotia informed Bay >>> Ferries Limited there would not be an extension of financial >>> support >>> for ferry service out of Yarmouth for the 2010 operating season. >>> >>> As a result, the high-speed ferry service delivered by our vessel >>> "The CAT" will end. >>> Is this CAT Ferry the auto and truck Ferry or is that a separate > service? >>> bob gillis >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> asic List Commands: >>> 1. To post to the list >>> end a message to: >>> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >>> 2. 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