Square island harbour

We leave Charlotte town a bit late in the day, so we carry some tide through the narrows. But its raining and the wind is in the wrong direction and when the open sea is ahead of us we are overtaken by our shrimp boat friend on there way to a 5 day trip 90 miles offshore. (Northern Prowler) WE give them a wave and decide to find a hide hole for anchoring up for the night. There is another little deep harbour area just between some island and we set a coarse through the first “tickle”. AS it comes into sight it is an abandoned fishing town with various levels of tumble down building around it. As is becoming normal the last few island en route to the settlement have free roaming sled doggos on them and they always rush to the side we are passing to investigate. The harbour is deep and anchoring is going to be tricky. There is a building almost falling to the harbour but it has a run down wharf also. We have no idea how deep it is or how stable it is but we give it a go. Super slow we ease in. Rocks everywhere but none to bother us, with our keel up. We are tide on but hope the roof of the building does fall on us.
A local fisherman of Inuit decent helps us tie up and stays for a chat. And tells us the history of the towns demise, and how some people and the cod are now coming back. Time to meet the other coals and take some photos before the Flys get a grip of the atmosphere.

I walk round the back of the sheds and small abodes to reach the hub of the community which is 3 guys Called Cambell (very proud of ther Scottish heritage) fixing there dock. I get invited into the boat shed for a tour of what has been the family business premises for 100 years and father camber explains where the fish are landed and the hole in the floor where the fish guts are dropped. The flies are murderous during the conversation and I’m told they are the wort ever. The winters are no longer as long or as cold up here and things are changing super fast. More flies survive the winter, commuting from comity to comity can no longer be bee done reliable on see ice. Recreation like dog sledding and skiddo are getting very tricky. These guys are at the sharp end of climate change. A always I leave the conversation with a “feed” this time its 2 Very large Mackerel. And 4 Salmon Fillets. It’s hard to explain how neighbourly these guys are.Leer más