Two Sore Backs

Sorry for the long delay between posts. We are definitely in catch up mode. We are more than a week behind. Why? We’ve kept busy in the national parks – Forillon QC to Kouchibouguac NB to PEI PE. And in PEI we’ve connected with a bunch of Pat’s great uncles and a great aunt and in the process learned so much family history our heads are spinning. It is so fascinating to hear the stories and then share any bits we know. Folks from previous generations were not so great at sharing stories. So you need a big crowd to put the pieces together. Plus some of the family have done some impressive research…..(more to come in future posts).^

Carrying on

So back we went to north eastern New Brunswick and an overnight stay back at Sugarloaf Mountain PP.

The next few days of our trip focussed on following the NB Acadian coast (Northumberland Staight) south to the Confederation Bridge. All along the route we see the Acadian flag proudly displayed. New Brunswick is the only bilingual province with the Acadian Coast being predominantly French Canadian. The English drove the French from the south of New Brunswick way back when.

This blog will talk about the area around Caraquet and Miscou Island.

So we started the day visiting a charging station. I only bring this up because we do this every other day now and we have had really awesome luck from Ottawa and points East. (In case anyone was wondering.)

We headed east and north to Miscou Island (the most north east point in NB) as it seemed the most interesting area to explore. This island has a fishing economy and peat farms. First we stopped at Miscou Peat Bog Boardwalk. Turns out almost half of the island is a peat bog. The peat is farmed sustainably. We’ll have to get out to Burns Bog when we get back. True confession, I have never been to Burns Bog.

Most of the island looks like this – and so flat!

Next stop was the Miscou Island Lighthouse. The area around the lighthouse was as interesting as the lighthouse itself. We were intrigued by the fishermen dotted around the beach.

Next, we checked out the nearby beach.

Last stop was at the harbour for Steve’s special lobster at La Terrasse a Steve. This place was funky and nothing fancy – the fresh lobsters were in a series of tanks in the next room. From the viewing window we saw a 7lb female and 7lb male lobster. WOW! The male had the nickname Bob.

Then it was off south to Kouchibouguac NP.