On the Thanksgiving weekend, Nigel and I took a road trip along the Glooscap Trail, through Hants, Colchester and Cumberland counties in Nova Scotia. We took the shore roads as much as possible, for the views, and also for the sites that are associated with Glooscap.
Glooscap stories are told in the Mi’kmaq culture. They explain how the Bay of Fundy came to have tides, and tell how the many interesting and strange rock formations were created by the giant Glooscap. He was a bit tempestuous, and the result was a set of islands (Five Islands) created when he threw rocks and mud at a beaver that was annoying him because it flooded his garden. He broke the beaver dam, and the result was the creation of the high tides of the Bay of Fundy, and Cape Split, which is where the first crack in the dam was made. He fed moose entrails to his dog at Cap D'Or, and the rocks there were created out of the leftovers of that meal.
We did not see Glooscap during our trip, but we did see the rocky evidence of his handiwork. It was quite awesome, and we could imagine a giant shaping the earth to satisfy his whims.
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