Personal Narrative-Grand Manan Island

I have spent my youth in a place without pollution and breathtaking views, surrounded by the sea. Grand Manan Island is where I have been for the whole 17 years of my life. I have hiked the coast, alongside 300 foot cliffs, and climbed the lighthouses. I have swum in the same sea from which I have eaten my food from, the Bay of Fundy. There is no place I’d rather be, than surrounded by the sea. The main road, Route 776, is approximately 28 kilometres. There is a back road, along with hundreds of side roads. Our population is around 2500, but it doubles during tourist season which is the summer. Everything that happens, is known by all, and usually affected by all. It is hard to find an unfamiliar face, or someone who you are not related to. We have a community school with a
There are several islands within our archipelago such as Wood Island, and Deer Island, but the only one that is populated is White Head Island. For elementary students, White Head has a small school there with one teacher. Youth from that island in grades 6-12 have to take a ferry across in the morning to be picked up at the bus and taken to the Community school. There are countless trails on the back portion of the island leading to people’s camps acting as a quick getaway to the lake after a long week. There are also many walking trails, all connected through a main trail called the Red Trail that was once used to search the coast for shipwrecks. 2/3 of this island is made up of volcanic lava, and we are also right above an earthquake fault line. There are so many things to see on this island if you love nature. There is a large hole in a rock formation caused by erosion that we call the hole in the wall. There is a cliff called seven days’ work caused by 7 consecutive flows of lava that took place over many years. You can see these layers, and it looks very cool. We have cliffs as high as 300