One thing Gene knew about, here in Halifax, that he wanted to see was the cemetery where some of the Titanic victims are buried. He has seen many of the documentaries on the Titanic and has an interest in it. We found the cemetery and thought the memorial to honor them was very impressive. On April 10, 1912 the Titanic left on her maiden voyage with over 2,200 passengers and crew members aboard. Four days later, she struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland. She sank in two hours 40 minutes. Four Canadian vessels were commissioned to look for bodies in the area of the disaster. Two were ships from Halifax and recovered 209 bodies that were brought to Halifax. All of the Titanic victims thought to be Protestant were buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery. The company that owned the Titanic purchased a section of land in the cemetery and paid for small headstones engraved with the name, if known, the number assigned to the body when found and the date of the tragedy. The cost of any additional engraving or more elaborate stones was assumed by families, friends or other groups. They are buried in 3 rows in no particular order.
Yesterday we traveled on highway 2 which follows the coast line as we were hoping to find lighthouses. Since we did not find many we decided to take Highway 103 which goes inland a little and look for signs leading us to some. We made better time and saw no information leading us to other lighthouses. We arrived in Baddeck and decided to stay at the Baddeck Telegraph House Motel and Cabins. It is a very nice little town with mostly motels, Bed and Breakfasts, and lots of restaurants to serve the people visiting Nova Scotia. It is very clean and inviting with many flowerbeds all over town. After snacking on our stash of food we brought along, we walked along main street and the shoreline. There is a beautiful setting at the edge of town with the Baddeck Lighthouse and harbor. We did not have our camera with us so we willcome back tomorrow morning to take some pictures.