Bayfield Provincial Park

Nova Scotia has many, many small provincial parks. They are uniformly neat, well-maintained, beautiful and never crowded. Here is one of the tiniest, on the Northumberland Shore east of Antigonish.

I've added the weblink for this park. From there, you can browse all the parks Nova Scotia.

Today was sunny and the schools are nearing the end of the year so there were a lot of school buses heading to the beach. It's wonderful to think that somewhere people still believe kids ought to have fun experiences, outside the school building, as part of their education. 

 

This beach lies deep in a protected cove, so there are no waves to speak of. The water is shallow and warm. This is the first place we've seen children actually in the water in June. Great for small children.

These kids would have to walk out a hundred meters to get in water over their heads.

 

Right around the corner from the park is this small harbor. Again, it's afternoon, so all the lobster boats are in for the day. The building in the center, in the rear, sells fresh lobster right off the boats. Yum.