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This post encompasses two legs, but WiFi has not been cooperative.
Minimal comment: this is the eight-mile Confederation Bridge. Toll to cross by car: $CD 50.
Bridge Lady is pilot boat to retrieve the pilot who departed with us at Charlottetown.
After a rough passage north along the Gaspé coastline, we enter the lower estuary, where a cold welcome awaited.
Near Les Éboulements aka “the landslides,” this tug Felicia still adorns the shore.
From the ferry dock near there, Svanoy shuttled over to Isle aux Coudres.
As we approached the end of that first leg at QC, Ocean Guide came by to exchange pilots.
Kitikmeot W, Nordic Orion, and Spruceglen were in port.
as were the two powerhouses, Ocean Taiga and Ocean Tundra.
Departing I had my first opportunity to see Vincent Massey. Four years ago she was undergoing transformation here.
Torm Timothy headed for sea.
A pilot exchange happened just downstream from Montreal,
where Uhl Fast was in port.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
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