The Northumberland Strait is the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, between Prince Edward Island on the north and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on the south. On Thursday, July 24, we left Gaspe early and turned south. Passed Tom and Anne on Anne's Odyssey and shortly we passed the famous Perce Rock. The wind died to almost flat calm and we made a long run to Shippigan and pulled into the Shippigan Marina, a nice small marina -- no one around. There was a restaurant and an acquariam at the marina, both looked interesting but we didn't expect to be around very long and Michael had another o-ring replacement to do.
The countryside is beautiful and our trip is very picturesque
Below are pictures from Perce Rock, the hole was made by waves, it is a big tourist attraction and at times you can walk out to this rock. If you look in Wikipedia, you can learn a lot about Perce Rock, much to much to enter here
On Friday, July 25, we left Shippigan through the Shippigan Gully, under the lift bridge, and into Northumberland Straight. A beautiful calm day and we decided to travel to Shediac, some 90 miles, at our new slow cruising speed -- because of the o-ring problem.arkast. At least we are saving money on fuel. Navigated our way into Shediac on very low tide. Nice Marina, $55 with power, friendly group at the dock, many people stopped by to say hello and ask where we're from. Didn't get to see the giant lobster as we didn't walk down to where it was, but we did have some lobster rolls. Cajun band playing downtown at park
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| Lift bridge - Shippigan Gully to Northumberland Straight |
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| Beautiful calm day, saw lots of whales |
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| Giant lobster statue at Shediac |
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| Dolphin fountain in park, Shediac |
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