· Recover your perspective on life in our tranquil perennial garden while swaying in the veranda double swing seat. Find yourself entranced by the fountain and by the many birds sharing your experience.

· Arbor Vista is a bird-watcher's paradise. We have: hummingbirds, goldfinches, purple finches, red polls, chickadees, juncos, song sparrows, robins, nuthatches, warblers, brown creepers, woodpeckers, grosbeaks, swallows, cedar waxwings, flickers, crossbills, blue jays, morning doves, ravens, hawks, loons, and ducks.

· Yes, Arbor Vista has trees…over 50! Original forest pines and spruce (towering over 80ft high), maples, birch, beech, hemlock, cedar, yew, apple, cherry, ash,; and bushes: holly, beautybush, burningbush, rhodadendrums, bridal wreath, spirea, roses, quince, honeysuckle, and grapes…All this and in the city!!

· Enjoy the tree and lake vista from the deck off of the dining room, or go down to the lakeshore gazebo and enjoy the fresh, clear, spring-fed Lake Charles. Lake Charles is the top lake in the Shubie canel system and empties in both directions (south down to Halifax harbor or north toward the Minas Basin). The springs are just off of Arbor Vista shores in over 100ft deep water.