Drove through almost constant rain to Churchill Falls where we went to look at the falls before carrying on to Goose Bay. The reservoir at the falls is being discharged as it has been so wet this summer. Even at 30% a very impressive sight.
Left Forestville and drove through Baie Comeau hoping to reach Gagnon on our way to Labrador. As it turns out the mining town of Gagnon was dismantled and abandoned in 1984! Sidewalks, overgrown roadways and nothing else. So we continued a long drive past Fire Lake and the largest open pit mine in North America and then on to Fermont.
Today we drove from La Baie to Forestville on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Spent the day in the La Baie area and had a wonderful hike to a monument overlooking the fjord in Saguenay Fjord National Park. Interesting that this National Park is not really a Canadian National Park but a Quebec National Park and required paying an additional visitor’s fee. Worth it just the same.
The hike was 3-4 hours long and involved a lot of climbing and descending along the edge of the Saguenay Fjiord.
Drove From Chapais south into Saguenay and made it to La Baie. It was so nice we decided to spend two nights here and see some sights as well as do some laundry. What a pleasant surprise the campground was after the night before! Everything worked, all the people were pleasant and it was very clean. Jardin de Mon Pere is the name for a place to stop.
Today we drove into Quebec for the first time and made it to a spot just west fo Chibougamau called Chapais. Expensive, dirty, raining and the shower took Mary’s money without giving back water.
Drove from Sudbury to Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park that was still just barely in Ontario. Deserted with no water and one porta potty. Not the greatest but there was a lovely river running just down the hill from our campsite.
Took the car in today to get the wheels balanced and then drove out to sunny Chelmsford to observe the cast of Letterkenny on set.
On the way back to Sudbury we stopped at one of the many mines afround the Sudbury Irruptive to view the smelter and the Big Nickle.
Took a drive to Killarney Park on Georgian Bay and went for a hike and lunch on the rocks beside the water.
Spent the day wandering around Sudbury. Took a lovely walk around part of Ramsay Lake in the middle of Sudbury. Jasper arrived and we had dinner out followed by a disasterous game of Wizard.
