Anse St Jean – LAT 48 Deg 14″ LNG 70 Deg 10″
Sailing from Cap a l’aigle into the Saguenay St Lawrence Marine Park we encountered thick fog passing the Prince Light, making for a few tense moments. We had to wait for the flooding tide at 5:30 PM to enter and once we got a mile up into the Saguenay River the fog departed and we were engulfed in a pod of beluga whales. By 10:00 pm, 2200 hrs, we’d sailed 27 miles up to Anse St. Jean, tying up at their welcoming club Nautique. A lovely town, complete with covered bridge and spring water gushing from a tap in the middle of town. We are just about to sail another 6-7 miles up the river to Baie Etirnite where we’ll spend the night on a mooring. Planning to exit the Saguenay tomorrow and perhaps stop at Bergeronne and then cross to the south shore at Parc du Bic.
Awesome! The first belugas I’ve seen (vicariously) in the wild! Mum & dad survived the big storm that blew through Ontario …all the damage was at the other end of town. Lots of trees down from Kipps northward and part of Sobeys roof went flying with their AC system. The worst of it tracked from KW, Barrie, Ottawa ….so Baton down the hatches if it comes your way!!! We are having another perfect sunny BC day 🙂 xoxo
sounds like you did some great sailing thru the fog. how wonderful that you found a pod of belugas.
the spring water and the town sound lovely. xoxo