Posts Tagged ‘Forestry Capital of Canada 1991

11
Mar
09

Day 159 of a 365-Day Portrait of Canada: Town Of Nackawic, New Brunswick

The driving conditions on the highway were absolutely atrocious today as it was snowing like crazy and there were no snow plows to be seen. 

white-out-near-fredericton

The giant 49 foot high and 23 foot wide axe was built as a project in 1991 when Nackawic was the Forestry Capital of Canada. A bronze plaque on the axe reads: ” This axe symbolizes the importance of the forest industry, past, present and future, to the Town of Nackawic and the Province of New Brunswick.” The stump (33 meters wide) in which it is embedded serves as a small stage and there is a time capsule in the head of the axe. Unfortunately, at this time of the year the stump is completely buried in the snow.

We pulled off of the highway to take a break from driving, and also to see the world’s largest axe in Naskawic.

giant-axe1

Lion’s Club Bowling Alley in Naskawic

bowling-shoes

Senior’s Bowling

bowling-group

Keeping Score

bowling-4

Everyone was really into the game! We really appreciated how good-natured everyone was.

focused

lanes-bowling

These fun-loving guys were having a great time!

bowling-gentlemen

This is the one…I can feel a strike coming on! 

bowling-6

 Lobbing the ball is not allowed. I repeat…DO NOT LOB THE BALL!

do-not-lob-the-ball

Focus and Concentration

bowling-gentlemen-2

Even though they were keeping score, you could tell that the bowling was more about the camraderie than the competiton.

bowling-score-sheet

But for those who are competitive… 

bowling-trophies

The regular bowlers keep their bags and bowling balls at the alley.

bowling-bags

Almost to Fredericton

to-fredericton

It is still snowing by the time we get into Fredericton. We counted this one as blizzard number nine.

snowstorm-in-fredericton

Finally we see a snowplow!

snowplow




Blog Stats

  • 851,938 hits

Archives

Scroll Over Any Date and Travel Across Canada

May 2024
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031