Taken 2012 October 11 in Alba from the Orangedale—Iona Road
about 4.7 km (2.9 mi) southwest of its junction with Portage Road
GPS 45°54.980'N 61°00.239'W
This final page of the essay is given over to a collection of red trees and red leaves; while a fair number of them have been seen at scattered points throughout this essay, these are additional ones which didn’t fit.
Photo #1 was taken at Cassells Cove on the Orangedale–Iona Road during one of the moments when the sun was out enough to bring out the beautiful colours in the leaves.
Photo #2 was taken earlier the same day along the Glencoe Road not far from Long Johns Bridge in Upper Southwest Mabou. Stunning colours!
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Taken 2012 October 11 in Upper Southwest Mabou from the Glencoe Road
about 500 m (0.3 mi) east of its junction with the Rear Intervale Road
GPS 45°57.18?'N 61°22.04?'W
Taken 2012 October 17 in New Boston from the New Boston Road just north of the Catalone River Bridge
GPS 45°59.033'N 60°02.032'W
Only a few leaves of the maple in photo #3 were lit by the sun when this photo was taken, but the tree is aglow with colour all the same. A significant amount of gold is in the adjacent trees; perhaps that accounts for some of the richness in the reds.
Photo #4 is another brilliant red tree, this time getting a goodly amount of sun, also backed by gold; it was taken on my last day in Cape Breton on my long valedictory drive.
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Taken 2012 October 19 from the Upper Southwest Mabou Road
about 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of its southern end at Long Johns Bridge
GPS 45°57.704'N 61°23.678'W
Taken 2012 October 19 in Kewstoke from the Whycocomagh Road
at its junction with the Ferguson and South Side Roseburn Roads
GPS 45°59.331'N 61°13.338'W
Photo #5 was taken as I left the South Side Roseburn Road on my way to Whycocomagh; the light here was both direct and filtered, but I very much like the result, again a mixture of red and gold leaves together on a branch of a tree whose leaves were nearly all yellow and gold.
With these final photos, this essay has reached its end. I thank you for your patience in reading this far and I hope you have enjoyed the photos I have selected for it.