Le 12 juin - Île d'Anticosti et la suite...

Mercredi le 12
Peu après l’aube, nous sommes partis de Port Menier, pas de pluie mais des vagues importantes... j’étais sur le pont avant, à l’extérieur, lors du départ et le bateau a commencé de bouger dans tous les sens au point où on ne pouvait pas marcher en ligne droite. Beaucoup moins de monde pour le déjeuner ce matin-là.


Après c’était Havre-St. Pierre, encore un long arrêt pour le déchargement et le chargement du cargo. J’ai descendu pour marcher jusqu’au centre culturel qui était juste à côté. Nous avons soupé pendant que le bateau était encoure amaré et un couple de phoques ont fait un spectable pas loin du notre fenêtre.


Natashquan était prévue comme le l’arrêt suivant mais il semble que le bateau ne pouvait pas accoster avec les vents de plus de 20 noeuds et ça soufflé à plus de 60. Donc le cargo et les passagers devaient attendre le voyage de retour.

Durant la soirée nous sommes arrivés à Kagaska. L’entrée du havre est entre des roches à gauche et des roches à droite, suivi d’un virage serré à gauche pour atteindre le quai.
Le village encerle une belle baie. Les passagers pouvaient débarquer pour explorer la partie du village près du quai. Kagaska est à la fin de la route 138 qui est le lien terreste avec le monde extérieur.



Vers 22h30 nous sommes parti et l’équipage nous à fait passer entre les roches, dans le noirceur total, sans histoire.


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Wednesday June 12
Shortly after dawn we left Port Menier, no rain but good sized waves... I was on the forward observation deck (outside) as we left the harbour and the ship started moving to the point where walking in a straight line was not possible. The were a lot fewer people at breakfast...

Next stop was Havre-St-Pierre, again a longer than normal stop for unloading and loading cargo. I went for a short walk to the Cultural Centre which was about a block away. We had supper while still docked and a couple of seals put on a show for us not far from the ship.
The next stop was supposed to be Natashquan... but it seems that the ship cannot dock there when there are winds of greater than 20 knots and it was gusting to 60 knots... so the cargo and passengers will have to wait for the return trip.

In the evening we arrived at Kagaska. The harbor entrance is between a rocky headland and a rocky island, followed by a hard left-turn to arrive at the dock. The village surrounds a beautiful bay. We were able to take a walk into the part of the village closest to dock. Kagaska is the end of highway 138 which is the link to the outside world. At about 10:30pm we left the dock and the crew took us out between the rocks, in the dark, without incident.


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