Inside White Point Lodge

When I visited White Point Resort in November last year, it was a music week-end, so I couldn’t really get any photos inside.

Today we went back for a walk there and had a look inside.

The fireplace is faced with White Point beach stone.

The building is a steel frame, but wooden posts and beams add detail.

You can see how the wood just abuts the steel and the wooden pegs are decorative rather than structural.

 

Strips of pine make internal dividing walls.

 

There are some pieces of folk art, like The Lobsterman, by Joe Winters. His ‘little people’ were destroyed when the old lodge burned down.

What about  Bird Bath?

Or this colourful chair?

In the Crow’s Nest are some wonderful old photos of the resort in the 50’s showing the massive tuna caught here.

 

The little pier and swimming platform must be in one of the lakes and not the sea.

Women in dresses for their archery lesson on the beach!

You can look down into the bar and lounge from above. The sea is right outside those windows.

There was a great smell of food, but it was too early for lunch and we had brought a picnic with us. On our next visit, we’ll sample the food.

White Point Resort, Rises from the Ashes.

Last week-end we decided to head to White Point. We hadn’t been there since May of this year, when I wrote about the rebuilding of the main lodge. The plan was to see if the new hotel was now complete and walk along the beach and golf course.

However, we quickly realised it was Nova Scotia Music Week, with events being held at various locations in Liverpool and here at White Point. This was not the day to see the inside of the lodge, so we walked around the building to the beach.

The new building looks just as WHW – the architects,  had shown on their video, with steps leading down to the beach. White Point beachstone was used for the foundation and pillars.

I like the rough pine siding, but am not so sure about the white siding on the top half and the white widow frames.

Perhaps the design is too tradional for me, a lover of more modern designs, but then that is what everyone was calling out for after the fire – something that still looked like the old White Point.

The setting is still amazing and the views from inside must be fantastic.

Next time we visit White Point I will get some photos of the inside.

White Point Beach Resort

White Point Beach Resort opened in 1928, right on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia. It has a 9 hole golf course, tennis and volley ball courts, surf shop, kayak rental, paddle boats, walking trails, and much more.

Although we have visited the resort a few times, I did not take the photo which shows the main building and outdoor swimming pool.

Unfortunately, there was a devastating fire in November 2011.

Last Sunday, we headed to White Point. We approached the ocean from White Point No 1 Road and walked across the golf course to the stony beach.

Some houses look as if they are almost built right on the beach.

I particularly like this huge boulder balancing on the large pebble.

The sun was blinding as it sparkled on the ocean.

The last time we were here at this bay, there was a good surf,

and I took lots of photos of crashing waves and rocks.

This time, the sea was not so dramatic, but several surfers thought it was worth the effort.

Some paddled out to try to catch a wave.

It seemed that there was enough of a surf for some to get going, even if it was just for a short while.

As we walked around the bay, we looked over to where the resort building had been. The green administration building was visible and the shuttering was ready for the concrete of the new hotel.

At the resort everything seemed silent at the ocean cabins,

and the woodland cabins.

We didn’t even see any of the bunnies that normally hop around everywhere, so I’ve added one of my library photos with Louise feeding them.

According to the web site, White Point is planning to reopen in November of this year.

There is a lot  of construction to be done before then, but I am sure the resort will flourish again.