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Index of Subjects --_ba574527-8829-4e5c-81ef-f8c2ef5e1135_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Check with the Canadian Coast Guard for the info you desire. They used to b= e able to help. Lynne =20 From: psboyer@eastlink.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Trip to Sambro Island on Saturday=2C 13 August Date: Thu=2C 11 Aug 2011 17:35:13 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Thanks for posting this. Does anyone know the exact coordinates of the Sambro Government Wharf? It = is supposed to be at Bald Rock=2C Gull Road (an unknown road not appearing = on any map)=2C off Hwy 344 (probably actually meaning Hwy 349). Reference = to Google Earth does not show anything looking like a launch site along the= coast of Bald Rock. ??? On 11 Aug 2011=2C at 1:57 PM=2C Blake Maybank wrote: Forwarded from Gerry Lunn: There is a rare chance to visit Sambro Island at the outer entrance to Hali= fax Harbour this Saturday. It is a chance for a close look at North Americ= a's oldest surviving lighthouse and you can see where the MMA's big lens an= d oft-told ghost stories come from. =20 =20 Boat Ride and Guided Tours of Sambro Island Sponsored by The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society & The Mainland= South Heritage Society Guided tours will be available sharing the history and lore of the island. = The interior of the Sambro Lighthouse will not be open to the public. Date: Saturday August 13 First boat leaves Sambro Government Wharf at 10 am. Boats will leave the wharf approximately every 30 minutes Last boat RETURNS from the Island at 4 pm. Single ticket $20 Couple ticket $30 Family up to four people ticket $40 Children must be 8 years or over=2C acc= ompanied by an adult=2C and wear a life jacket. *** Bring drinking water=2C a jacket=2C and wear sturdy footwear. *** Be prepared to climb up rocks and walk on rough paths. *** Note that there are no facilities on the island. = --_ba574527-8829-4e5c-81ef-f8c2ef5e1135_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'> Check with the Canadian Coast Guard for the info you desire. They used to b= e able to help. Lynne<BR> =3B<BR> <DIV> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> From: psboyer@eastlink.ca<BR>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Trip to Sambro Island = on Saturday=2C 13 August<BR>Date: Thu=2C 11 Aug 2011 17:35:13 -0300<BR>To: = naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><BR> <META name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft SafeHTML">Thanks for posting th= is. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Does anyone know the exact coordinates of the Sambro Government Wharf?=  =3BIt is supposed to be at Bald Rock=2C Gull Road (an unknown road no= t appearing on any map)=2C off Hwy 344 (probably actually meaning Hwy 349).=  =3BReference to Google Earth does not show anything looking like a la= unch site along the coast of Bald Rock.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>???</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 11 Aug 2011=2C at 1:57 PM=2C Blake Maybank wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D= ecxApple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Forwarded from Gerry Lunn:<BR><BR>There is a rare chance to visit Samb= ro Island at the outer entrance to Halifax Harbour this Saturday. =3B I= t is a chance for a close look at North America's oldest surviving lighthou= se and you can see where the MMA's big lens and oft-told ghost stories come= from. =3B <BR> =3B<BR><B><U>Boat Ride and Guided Tours of Sambro I= sland<BR><BR></U></B>Sponsored by The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation S= ociety &=3B The Mainland South Heritage Society<BR><BR>Guided tours will= be available sharing the history and lore of the island. The interior of t= he Sambro Lighthouse will not be open to the public.<BR><BR><B><U>Date: Sat= urday August 13<BR><BR></U></B><FONT face=3D"Arial=2C Helvetica">First boat= leaves Sambro Government Wharf at 10 am.<BR>Boats will leave the wharf app= roximately every 30 minutes<BR>Last boat RETURNS from the Island at 4 pm.<B= R>Single ticket $20<BR>Couple ticket $30<BR>Family up to four people ticket= $40 </FONT>Children must be 8 years or over=2C accompanied by an adult=2C = and wear a life jacket.<BR><BR>*** Bring drinking water=2C a jacket=2C and = wear sturdy footwear.<BR>*** Be prepared to climb up rocks and walk on roug= h paths.<BR>*** Note that there are no facilities on the island.<BR></DIV><= /BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV> </div></body> </html>= --_ba574527-8829-4e5c-81ef-f8c2ef5e1135_--
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