BACK REFLECTION
FOX ISLAND CABLE HUT: THEN AND NOW BY PHILIP PILGRIM
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t has been a very strange summer here in Nova Scotia. An unusual period of dry air and high temperatures in late May stimulated high winds for two weeks. Unfortunately, forest fires occurred, and we were evacuated. For a short time after, all was good and life was back in order; but in late July, we had over 30 cm of rain in just two days which caused severe flooding. The joke was that we prayed too hard for rain during the fires. Since then, we have had only hot, humid, and uncomfortable weather. We have not had much time to do historical submarine cable exploring so perhaps we will find a spot in the fall.
Figure 1: Fox Island Area Cable Hut, 129 Years Old (Nestle Inn).
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Figure 2: Fox Island, Nova Scotia