Heart's Ease

The greater Trinity Bay (the water beyond these islands) has no less
than four places named Heart's Something: Heart's Content, Heart's
Desire, Heart's Delight and this area, Heart's Ease. The other three
were named in the 1800s but this was the original Heart's place, with
a name that was recorded in the 1600s. Just why it was called Heart's
Ease is mooted back and forth but my own (unproved and undocumented!)
theory is that it was named from the water in reference to the sea
arches, which stood (and most still stand) along the shore (the shore
we cannot see from this vantage point). The local pronunciation of
"Arches" would have been something close to Harchees, and this in fact
is the local name to this day, with and without the initial H.

Archie's Beach, then, is the local name for that barasway or tombolo
that you see in the centre, going from the mainland to the first
island, Archie's Island. This shot was taken from atop a hill known
alternatively as Blow-Me-Down and Jack Baker's Hill. Up and down the
eastern coast of North America there are hills rising sharply from the
water; they produce unexpected wind patterns for sailboats and have
been named Blow-me-down (or Blomidon, etc.). So, I suspect that name
was the name used by passing sailors. But Jack Baker's Hill refers to
a man who lived in the area and who probably used the land for wood
cutting or the like. Perhaps he lived along the path that goes out
this way; I don't know, but I suspect that is the name used by the
locals, the liveyers.


The curvature of the Earth is of course an artefact of my using the 8-mm lens (EXIF-rated at 7.1mm) I had on my Olympus OM-D E-M1.