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| Rocher Perce |
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| Will It Fit? (the answer is "no") |
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| Rocher Perce |
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| From the Other Side |
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| Rocher Perce |
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| Gannet |
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| Seal |
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| All of the "White Dots" Are Gannets |
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| Gannet |
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| Gannet |
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Gaspe, QC to Chandler, QC July 20, 2014
We had a beautiful day to cruise from Gaspe to Chandler in
the Bay of Chaleur. This route passes a
couple of Canada’s most famous landmarks:
Perce Rock and Ile Bonaventure.
The former is an incredibly stunning rock with an 18-meter hole through
it, and the latter is home to the largest colony of gannets in the Atlantic with
over 50,000 birds. In total, some
250,000 total seabirds nest on Ile Bonaventure.
While the gannets gracefully soar or skim above the surface, their landings are less refined...more of a controlled crash, chest-first, into the water. Of course, whales and seals are abundant as well. We docked in a “too small” marina in
Chandler, QC, up the Bay of Chaleur, but there were no other alternatives or suitable anchorages
nearby. The members of the local yacht
club were friendly, helpful and accommodating. Some of the most striking scenes of our travels were witnessed today!
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