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Rivière-au-Renard Current Location: Rivière-au-Renard Date: June 19 Mile: 832 Locate: Ramble On Locate: Finnish Line 2.0 Google Photo Album NEW! |
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| Pointe-à-la-Renommée Lighthouse |
Rivière-au-Renard is an old port that was founded in 1790, but more heavily settled after the wreck of the Carrick, which in 1847 deposited many Irish immigrants here.
Today we motored most of the way while we enjoyed the beautiful shoreline. Again, with the flat conditions we were easily able to observe minke whales from far and very near.  |
| "Pride of Baltimore" |
Like yesterday, today we crossed paths with another tall ship. The Pride of Baltimore passed us heading upstream at a distance that made a closer pass impractical. A long lens and some further cropping reveal her raked rig and beautiful lines.
The closer we get to Bonaventure Island, the more we see these beautiful sea birds. Much larger than a seagull, and much sleeker, they are fascinating to watch search for fish, stop and plummet into the sea to catch their dinner.
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| Gannets in formation |
Rivière-au-Renard is a fishing port catering primarily to the local fishing boats. Deep at the inner most point within the fishing boats is the Club Nautique Forllion. This "club" primarily services visiting sailors/boaters. This port supports the biggest fishing fleet in the Quebec, known as the "Capital of Fisheries".
The main commercial wharf was certainly lined with fishing vessels, fish plants, and the support industries to keep them operating. Stacks of shrimp traps and their floats were seen everywhere as this is shrimp season.
While the fishing boats seemed to stay in harbour for our visit, there was lots of activity going on from welding, and repair to fueling and other busy work to keep the boats in operation. Notably, they seem to leave their work flood lights on night and day. We were sort of used to this as other working harbours would be entirely light by shore based floodlights to help the boats as they come and go in the wee hours of the morning. |
| Lit up all day and night |
Tomorrow, we continue our southern turn around the Gaspé peninsula to the town of Gaspé.
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