We are spending two days docked in Havre St Pierre, the largest Harbour in Mingan, exploring the town and doing some provisioning. We sailed 100 miles from Sept Isle to Mingan Town at the mouth of the mighty Mingan River on July 28th, taking about 15-16 hours to complete that leg in wonderfully calm and sunny conditions. The Village of Longue Pointe De Mingan sits near the mouth of the river.
From the anchorage at Mingan town we sailed about 10 miles east and took a Parks Canada mooring at Isle Quarry for three days, hiking first 1.5 km, then 4 km and finally 10km on the third day, around the western end of the island, I have a terrible blister on my left heal to prove it. Crossing the islands interior you cross a spruce bog intricate with tiny lichens, mosses and carnivorous plants, these amazing monoliths sit on the south shore.
After a great sail out past Isle Niapiskau to Isle Fantome and Isle Firmin we entered Havre St Pierre accompanied by a whale and several dolphins. Seeing as Havre St Pierre is “downtown” Mingan we treated ourselves to dinner out. Tomorrow the plan is to sail east to Isle St. Genevieve and from there to Baie Johan Beetz, Natashquan and then Coacoachou, from where we’ll cross 100 miles to Bay of Islands, Newfoundland. Bon Apetite !
That dish looks delish!
seafood salad…loaded. My seafood pizza was pretty fab too!
what great pictures and narrative. already you’ve been to sept. isl. i’m glad you had a good sail in good weather to mingan town and river. the village of longue de mingan is beautiful, with the church in the center. your video of the forest on isle de quarry is beautiful. incredible “anse de erosion” photos. how wonderful that you entered havre st. pierre with a whale and some dolphins:-). fair winds and following seas on your journey from coacoachou to bay of islands, nfld. congratulations!
Hi j, Nice to hear from you, we are leaving Havre St Pierre today,
Hope to see puffins on the next island we are going to.
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Hi mj, it was great, so were the exports! We hope to go out salmon fishing with a guide during the next leg.
Oh my gosh, now THAT’S a salad!! The monoliths look like the 12 apostles off the south of Australia. Awesome! Have fun xoxo
The french know how to make food…this is in a town of just s few hundred people. restaurant was packed!