Mile 464: Baie Eternite (Saguenay)

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Baie Eternite (Saguenay) Current Location: Baie Eternite Date: June 4 Mile:  464 Locate:  1) Ramble On, 2) Ramble On Locate:  1) Finnish Line 2.0, 2) Finnish Line 2.0

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Sheer cliffs everywhere

A short but blustery day today for our 9 nm "from here to Éternité", the final destination was well worth it!

There are few protected anchorages to be found along the Saguenay, but Baie Éternité is one of them.  We were hoping for some mooring balls but found none.  As everywhere here, you are in hundreds of feet of water until right against the shoreline.   Baie Éternité is about 1 nm long and counts as one of very few bays (Anse) on the whole river.

The location is a river valley that is right down and sea level, and the river delta is flat and sandy (at low tide).    Finnish Line dropped anchor in shallow water (where the mooring balls were indicated on the chart), but as they backed out to sent their anchor, quickly had depth readings over 100 feet.

John & Nanci exploring

Heading into Éternité!

John and Nanci ventured ashore in the dinghy to explore.  Baie Éternité is part of the Saguenay Fjords National Park and there was a Parc centre at the end of the bay complete with an interpretive centre, docks for dinghies, trails, suspension bridge, and more.   The rest of us may stop in there on our return down the river to explore for ourselves.


Again, as with most of the facilities on our trip so far, this Parc centre was in the process of opening and getting things setup and put together.  The next morning, they had already assembled their dock.   Perhaps there will be mooring balls on our return.

River mouth at low tide

As we settled at anchor in the afternoon, the wind calmed and then we were surprised with a few sudden gusts through the valley of perhaps 20 knots.   As night fell, everything was calm and still for the whole night.   (btw.   it was super cold and we awoke to 9 degrees in the cabin in the morning!!!)