#route 14

Entering Brooklyn, Nova Scotia – 2022_09_12

Entering Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, 2022 – © Avard Woolaver This is the place I call home, one of three Brooklyns in Nova Scotia, It was founded in 1761 and called Nelegakumik by the Mi’kmaq Nation (meaning “broken snowshoes”). I stopped the car on Route 14 and let the high beams illuminate the speed sign. It’s a technique I use on quiet nights when there is little traffic.

These roads near my home are so familiar to me. I know them like a friend, having traveled them literally thousands of times.

These roads near my home are so familiar to me. I know them like a friend, having traveled them literally thousands of times. Every corner, every dip and hill, every bump remains in my memory. Most of my childhood dreams were set on these roads, so at many places I could recall a dream. It’s a pleasure to photograph them in all seasons, under different lighting conditions, and at all times of…