Washed up, Advocate, Nova Scotia, Iscorama anamorphic
This is a view from the top of the barrier beach that separates Advocate Harbor from Advocate Bay, showing a small sample of the type of material that washes up here. Taken in July of 2003 with A Nikon F3-HP (Ektachrome 100 film), and a 50mm Iscorama Anamorphic lens (1968 version). This spot, about 100 yards east of the "fish farm" (Cape d'Or Sustainable Seafoods), shows Advocate village along the shore, the area of the wharf where fishing boats tie up being about in line with the right end of the large log. Common items found here are a wide variety of rope... most being manila, nylon and polypropylene, all sorts of plastic waste, and wood... both natural (trees, logs, stumps), and lumber (boards, pallets, pieces from docks and floats). If something falls off a boat in the Bay of Fundy (and sometimes the Gulf of Maine), there's a strong possibility it will find its way here, or somewhere else along the southern shore of Nova Scotia.
This section of the Advocate shore has a relatively light load of washed up stuff. Other areas several hundred yards to my left have so much debris that crossing from the bay side of the barrier "berm" to the gravel / dirt road on the marsh side can be quite challenging, requiring a walker to pick their way slowly or risk falling. Folks do occasionally remove some material when walking, especially around the area over at Fox Point and Port Greville, but at Advocate in particular, the sea is always acting as a "flotsam and jetsam conveyor", depositing material faster than it can be removed by visitors.
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Washed up, Advocate, Nova Scotia, Iscorama anamorphic
This is a view from the top of the barrier beach that separates Advocate Harbor from Advocate Bay, showing a small sample of the type of material that washes up here. Taken in July of 2003 with A Nikon F3-HP (Ektachrome 100 film), and a 50mm Iscorama Anamorphic lens (1968 version). This spot, about 100 yards east of the "fish farm" (Cape d'Or Sustainable Seafoods), shows Advocate village along the shore, the area of the wharf where fishing boats tie up being about in line with the right end of the large log. Common items found here are a wide variety of rope... most being manila, nylon and polypropylene, all sorts of plastic waste, and wood... both natural (trees, logs, stumps), and lumber (boards, pallets, pieces from docks and floats). If something falls off a boat in the Bay of Fundy (and sometimes the Gulf of Maine), there's a strong possibility it will find its way here, or somewhere else along the southern shore of Nova Scotia.
This section of the Advocate shore has a relatively light load of washed up stuff. Other areas several hundred yards to my left have so much debris that crossing from the bay side of the barrier "berm" to the gravel / dirt road on the marsh side can be quite challenging, requiring a walker to pick their way slowly or risk falling. Folks do occasionally remove some material when walking, especially around the area over at Fox Point and Port Greville, but at Advocate in particular, the sea is always acting as a "flotsam and jetsam conveyor", depositing material faster than it can be removed by visitors.
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