From Here To There... Archive

The North Shore

I'm spending the week in Longue-Pointe-De-Mingan, it is located on the north shore of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. I flew to Sept-Isles and then drove about two hours east.

My ride for the week is a Dodge Caliber, it was pretty good on gas.

Especially since gas in Sept-Isles was 147.4 per litre, makes our 134.7 look like a bargain.

Longue-Pointe-De-Mingan sits right on the "sea" as the locals call the Gulf of the St.Lawrence.

The sun sets around 20:30, after a drive through rain and fog along highway 138, it turned out to be a nice evening.

The beach is a stones throw from my maisonette.

Longue-Pointe-De-Mingan has a couple of Big Things in town. There is a Humback whale and a giant Puffin.

Both of the statues were designed and made by the owners of the place I was staying at.

Catching a Sunrise

Even though Longue-Pointe-De-Mingan is further east than Fredericton, New Brunswick, it is still in the Eastern Time Zone. Needless to to say this makes for a very early sunrise. I discovered that yesterday when I did not close my bedroom door and a 4:00 am the room was filled with the sun. Today I thought I would get up and take some pictures. This was at 4:05 am.

The view to the south.

Looking west towards the town.

I found this guy as I awaited the sun. A capelin I think.

At 4:14am the sun starts to peek over the horizon.

Three minutes later.

It gave the town a nice glow.

Looking down Rue du Bord de la Mer. Can you see all the Puffins.

One last look at the sun (4:21am) before heading back to bed for a couple of hours.

A few more sights

This area is odd in that along the highway there are areas with sand dune like environments and then turn the corner and it is the Canadian Shield. To the south is L'Île-d'Anticosti, you can just make out the bump in the middle of the photo.

Walking east along the beach.

Along with tourism, the other main employer is a seafood processing plant. It is Poseidon, Les Poissons et Crustacés incorporé.

A fishing boat heading back to port.

I really lucked out with the weather this week. Even though they forcasted 40% chance of rain on a couple of days they never materialized. There was also a steady breeze which helped to keep the blackflies away.

Back to Sept-Isles

I headed back to Sept-Isles onFriday before flying back home early Saturday morning. The scenery was a lot better when there isn't fog. This is the Magpie River.

There were a couple of guys fly fishing on the other side.

Close to Sheldrake.

Finally the Baie des Sept-Isles.