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Greetings!
At Cape Sable Cottages we want to make you feel at home...or even better,
to feel like our special guest!
Please, let us take a moment or two to introduce ourselves to you. Before the actual
building began, we were in the planning and praying stages for about 3 years... its a long story,
but we'd be happy to share it with you over a coffee on the deck :o)
PJ and I have always been "people people" and its proven to be a requirement for this business...
since the pay isn't that great, there has to be some reward and so far we have found that the ultimate reward
is meeting you... the people we get to meet are just amazing...and we eagerly anticipate each and every arrival...
as PJ often says "I wonder who we'll meet today!"... hopefully it will be you.
Before I get lost in my thoughts, I should also tell you that we are the proud (usually) parents
of Laura (19), Melissa (18) and Thane (16) as well as pseudo parents to Ginger- our overly
spoiled mixed breed canine (who would be down right INSULTED if she thought she was a dog!).
We have lived here on Long Point for 20+ years, this being where we built when we were first married.
The land has 'always' been in PJ's family- being settled by the Island's first white settlers when
Archelaus Smith's son James built here in the 1700's. Up until 100 years ago there were several homes
and barns on 'the Point'... these have all been reclaimed by the ravages of time and now its just the
cottages and us- although the cottages are on their own private acreage. PJ & I are also history
buffs, and if you have relatives from Cape Island, you're probably related to either PJ or myself (and maybe both of us- as we are both 7th generation descendants from Archelaus Smith). Family research and genealogy are an ever growing interest, bringing many of you to the area... Mention to us who you're related to, we just might be able to help fill in some branches of your family tree.
Another of PJ's projects has been restoring and creating rock walls. In order to graze the cattle and sheep that every household had, one had to erect rock walls to prevent them from roaming where they shouldn't go. All over Long Point there are remenants of these old walls, some sunken into the ground as plants, trees and bushes grew over them for decades
on end. Some walls were broken to allow passage through them with carts and wagons and later vehicles.
Seeing as there is NO shortage of rocks here on the Island (the local joke is that this is where Noah
dumped his ballast rock from the Ark...) PJ has found an ample supply from which to refurbish the old
walls as well as build many new ones. He has completed the rock walls for cottages #3 (Victoria's Garden
Cottage) and #5 (Sable Bay) and #1 (Schooner Lodge's)... needless to say its hard
and time consuming work...but he loves it.
Sorry to ramble...I'll end the introduction here... but if you still want to know more about what makes
us 'tick' click here and I'll continue with the intro.
Otherwise, please use the map at the top of this page or the links below to take you to another page on our site.
Many thanks for your interest.
We have tried to take every care in preparing these homes for you. When we
travel ourselves, we appreciate the best, and therefore we want to offer
nothing but our best to you.
Cape Sable Cottages are deluxe seaside cottage homes and we sincerely invite
you to
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