John Chardine
06-12-2010, 06:21 PM
Well, I promised certain BPN moderators an image from my recent trip to Campobello Island, New Brunswick.
It was not my first visit but this time I had a chance to get to know the place, and what a fabulous place it is. The island is connected to the mainland by a small bridge to Lubec, Down East, Maine. Later in the year a ferry runs from Canada (Deer Island, where I also work).
For those of you who don't know, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his summer home on Campobello Island, and Canada and the US cooperate in the management of a wonderful and almost unique international park to preserve the house and surrounding park. I would recommend a visit!
The attached image is of the "summer home", which makes my year-round Victorian house look like a cabin in comparison!
I was too busy to visit the interior of the home this time but I will next time I'm down.
Oh and by the way, you know you are in a good place when people wave to you as you pass them in your vehicle on the road. I was used to this on Deer Island but also saw the same custom on Campobello Island and in Lubec, Maine. I just love it!
It was not my first visit but this time I had a chance to get to know the place, and what a fabulous place it is. The island is connected to the mainland by a small bridge to Lubec, Down East, Maine. Later in the year a ferry runs from Canada (Deer Island, where I also work).
For those of you who don't know, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his summer home on Campobello Island, and Canada and the US cooperate in the management of a wonderful and almost unique international park to preserve the house and surrounding park. I would recommend a visit!
The attached image is of the "summer home", which makes my year-round Victorian house look like a cabin in comparison!
I was too busy to visit the interior of the home this time but I will next time I'm down.
Oh and by the way, you know you are in a good place when people wave to you as you pass them in your vehicle on the road. I was used to this on Deer Island but also saw the same custom on Campobello Island and in Lubec, Maine. I just love it!