Hamlets Across Canada

[Darmok 34]

Great concept Beebs! I like the idea of sightseeing...

Nice way to travel.... and easy on the budget too, which is a good thing in those days!

Great pics by the way, especially like the last one with the weeds and trees reclaiming the concrete/asphalt patch...

In the end nothing can beat nature!

-John

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EDITED

It's an honor to open page two, may there be a lot more!

[beebs 129]

Hello again! As promised, here is our fishing village of Braiwood.

Welcome to Braiwood! Located on the Eastern shores of Nova Scotia, this newly bustling town has been recently revived from near death. A few entrepreneurial types saw the location on the Trans Canada as ideal to a bustling harbor village, and have turned the main industry from fishing, to tourism.

With the waters in the Atlantic being greatly overfished and boats returning with less each year, the towns economy was collapsing. After the refurbishing of the old docks, the town began to rebuild its image as a resort town.

Although many still lay vacant, the shops along the main avenue are slowly filling up again, providing much needed life to the town. The concrete you see to the right of the pier area have been left empty for a potential expansion to the docks. Plans were in the works a few years ago, but the recent downturn in the economy has former investors worried about the future life of this tourist town.

And that's all for Braiwood, folks! Hope you enjoyed the stop! Check back next time when we'll have a look at a Rocky Mountain village.. possibly with an attached snow resort. Until then...

un1: Thank you, glad enjoyed the start!

PhatHead: Thank you! Hope to see you back.

aaglo: Haha, yes indeed

selles: Thank you!

Raysfan16: Thanks, hope you enjoyed this update

dfnva: Thank you!

deathtopumpkins: Thanks, dtp!

ComputerGuy890100: Hehe, check back next time for BC!

Hawkeye9: Thank you, hope you enjoy this update!

Godzillaman: LOL. Hmmm... Thanks!

GreekMan: Thanks! Hope you enjoy this update

abcvs: Hehe.. pretty much, I suppose. Thanks!

fabsies55: Ahh, you get used to it after a while. Thanks!

art128: Thank you!

suplado!: Hehe, one needs a change now and then. Thanks!

SWAT-MEDIC: Thanks!

Mikeaut1: Thanks, mikey!

SC4Poser-moser: Heh, indeed.. everyone thinks it's all about the skyscrapers. Thanks!

Muck308: Thank you!

sammerhammer747: Hopefully you'll see Ontario soon. Thanks!

SimHoTToDDy: Thank you! Yes, those power lines are much better than the giant red/white maxis ones.

Ace_F15: Thank you!

rjkrox: Check back next time for BC! Thanks!

ky72x: Thank you! Heh, the building I think you're looking at is actually an old warehouse.

ilikehotdogsalot: Thanks!

Almighty Nienaber: Haha

Jill Jacobs: Nope, no PS effects.. Thanks!

jacqulina: Thank you!

toki.s: Oh shush.

Darmok: Thank you! Much appreciate your support!

[SounderBruce 173]

Great work! Can't wait for that *BC* mountain village!

[Raysfan16 5]

Finally!!! lol..

Nice village, that's certainly a lot of shops...

[JakeMD 107]

Wow!! I didn't expect a small harbor/fishing village/coastal thingy

Love it, keep up the excellent work!

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

I don't think I've ever seen a coast in your cj! It's looking good

[deathtopumpkins 43]

OMG beebs that's gorgeous! Really nice coastal village... err, excuse me *hamlet* Nice use of Peg's CDK and spa's BATs.

[.soapy 127]

Aye, nice NS town there methinks ya need Spa's new Kingsway shops to ease some of that repetition though.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Quite a nice little town, though you seem to have quite a few swathes of concrete, which I find to be rather unusual in small towns...

How can they afford to just lay concrete like that?

Looking forward to seeing the next hamlet.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull views i love sightseeing, fantastic idea my friend

[art128 4,618]

Pretty nice little fishing harbor beebs !

[GreekMan 246]

WOW! great update on the tiny town!

those seaport/maria stuff: that's from peg right?

[Darmok 34]

Beebs,

I lived on the north shore of the Saint-Lawrence River, which where I lived can vary from 30 to 60 MILES  (see note) wide, for over 20 years, and I've seen my share of small fishing villages/hamlet there...

And I have to say that this last picture/mini mosaic capture almost to a T the "ambiance" and overall setup of those communities on the east coast.... up to the unfinished project, (the concrete/asphalt slab)

This picture brings back a lot of good memories!

Thanks.

-John

(note)

60 miles = 96.5 kilometer

[antsel 841]

Great update! I really like the docks, and the empty concrete patch of land adds a lot to the character and history.

[griffen_star 0]

Wonderful work here (I wonder if you could ever do Niagara Falls that'd be cool to see)

Wonderful job!

[cheese91 9]

A new CJ for Beebsie! It looks awesome, wonderful start my friend.

-Addie

[Godzillaman 21]

Quality. You hit the nail on the head.

[pagenotfound 53]

Ooo nice villiage...

[Muck308 55]

Great lighthouse placement, beebs.

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Wow that looks great Beebers!

[suplado! 23]

cool small town, with the added fishing village the area became great

[De Ja Vu 117]

Looks really fantastic! I like all the concrete you used in the coastal area. Keep up the good job!

[jacqulina 162]

looking out for more my friend

[bakercity 270]

Wow Beebs, this looks great. My kind of towns and villages that reminds me of some small and rural towns and villages here in America which inspires(ing) me to build some in my CJ when it reopens. Keep up with the work. JKB

[beebs 129]

Welcome back! I know I promised a BC village today, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get it ready in time. I figured we could make a pitsop back in Benalto before we move onwards to BC. So, here we are!

-- Please note that while the new CJ section gets ironed out, I will be running my CJ in tandem, both here in the forums and over there. I'll let you guys know if/when I plan on moving entirely into the new section.

The David Thompson Highway (Alberta Highway 11) is the road snaking through the mosaic.. Highway 11A, originally Highway 11 comes to an end near the center of the mosaic. You can see where 11A used to run straight through and onwards to the Rocky Mountains, the path now deeply overgrown by vegetation. The province opted to build a new route so travellers to the Rocky Mountains could bypass the hopping summer vacation town of Sylvan Lake. Plans are now in the works to twin Highway 11 from Red Deer, all the way to Rocky Mountain House. These are long term plans however, and will likely not be completed until near the beginning of the 2020's. The railway is still heavily used and connects with a rare grain elevator just east of this shot.

And that's all I've got today, folks.. just a quick mosaic. Check back later in the week when I should have our BC town up and running! Until then...

ComputerGuy890100:

Thanks! Hope to get it up soon!

Raysfan16: Thank you! Unfortunately, most of them are unoccupied at the moment.

SWAT-MEDIC: To be honest, neither did I. Thank you!

ilikehotdogsalot: I don't know what to do with the coast usually. Thanks!

deathtopumpkins: Thanks, dtp!

toki.s: Thanks! Yeah, I do need to get spa's newest stuff.

Shadow_Assassin: I didn't know what to do with the empty space. So.. concrete.

jacqulina: Thanks, jacky!

art128: Thank you!

GreekMan: Thank you! And yep, the marina/dock stuff is PEG's.

Darmok: Wow, thank you! I've never actually been anywhere on the east coast so I had to do my best in mimicking things I could find with Google. I'm glad I was able to create things accurately.

selles: Thank you!

griffen_star: Hmm.. town near some waterfalls.. that might be interesting. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

cheese91: Thanks, hippo-lady!

Godzillaman: Thank you!

pagenotfound: Thanks!

Muck308: Much appreciated, thank you

sEAhAwk fAn121: Thank ya, hawkers!

suplado!: Glad you liked it!

De Ja Vu: Thank you!

jacqulina: Thanks!

bakercity: Thank ya!

[SounderBruce 173]

Good work! Can't wait for that BC village!

[JakeMD 107]

Looking very nice! Great use of the RHW, looks very realistic.

[antsel 841]

Nice mosaic! Great work with the highways, the RHW really looks good! I love the background information about the area too.

[GreekMan 246]

hey great update!!! love HAC

well replying on yor cj worked.....

[jacqulina 162]

great mosaic there my friend,fantastic looking transport system.