Caribou Provincial Park, Nova Scotia

You may have noticed that we didn’t talk about our camping the last week and a half. We have stayed put in Caribou PP the whole time. It is on the Northumberland Straits, just north of the town of Pictou. It is probably the prettiest place we have had the privilege to camp at. We are on a bluff overlooking the Straits, with about 50 yards of grass between our RV and the edge of the bluff. There are also about 50 yards between RVs, so it is very secluded. The RV pad and shoreline is oriented such that we have views of the straits out of 2 directions and woods in the third. The front faces our closest neighbor, about 50 yards away.

The beach to the west leads for about 3 miles over a sand spit to an uninhabited island. There are deer on the island and seals just off shore. Around the west corner of the island is a harbor where the Prince Edward Island (PEI) ferry terminal is. The beach to the east leads one mile to an upscale resort.

The straits are not too busy, with lobster fishermen tending their traps and herring fishing for the roe. I’m told it is for export to Japan. The ferry makes a round trip to PEI every 3 hours. A few pleasure craft go by every day, but the straits can get quite rough. We have seen winds to about 40 knots since we have been here.

The locals think the water is warm and come out on weekends. A crowd can get over 30 people! Most of the time there is only one or two people out on the 4 miles of beach, which is red sand.

We have made friends of some of the long time campground residents here. One couple has been at the campground since June 16, the day it opened this year. They traveled all the way from New Glasgow, some 14 miles away. The other couple is from Montreal and has been here since July 3. They are about 800 miles from home. I asked them how they got around the 14 day limit and was told all you have to do is ask, since the place is almost always near empty.