Quebec and New Brunswick

July - August 2019

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- Aug 7, 2019, 9:47am
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 182 m
- Canada Quebec Montreal Parc Israël-Morin 45.49922, -73.6000745°29’57” N 73°36’0” W
Day 15
Back to Ville du Graffiti
August 7, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Our flight was later in the day so we had some time to check out Montreal a little more. I nicknamed Montreal graffiti ville because there is an overwhelming amount of graffiti. I read a CBC article that said Montreal considers itself an artistic city. As a result people express themselves by putting graffiti everywhere. On murals, mailboxes, garbage cans, the street and you if you stand still long enough. Ok I might be exaggerating but there is graffiti everywhere.
So we went to Mont Royal Park. There is a cross at the top of this mountain that you can see from the base. We decided to walk around a lake in the park. Then, since we were in the area, we went back to Schwartz's for another sandwich and another t shirt. Dad bought a white souvenir shirt the first time. I accidently dyed it pink doing laundry. It was an everything into washer load. I apparently have never washed my beach cover up and it leaked color. Anyways the sandwich good and dad had a new t shirt. The sandwich was even better than the first time.
After we ate we went back to Mont Royal to go to the top and see the cross. We went off the main trail and it took a little longer than planned. No problem since we had some extra time.Read more
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- Aug 6, 2019, 10:22am
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 76 m
- Canada Quebec Capitale-Nationale Boischatel Chutes de Montmorency 46.88999, -71.1446446°53’24” N 71°8’41” W
Day 14
Montmorency Falls
August 6, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After checking out of the b&b we went to Montmorency Falls. The falls are higher than Niagarara Falls but not as wide. After taking in the falls we walked around the park for a bit. Nice place.
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- Aug 5, 2019, 9:49pm
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- Canada Quebec 46.81385, -71.2117246°48’50” N 71°12’42” W
Day 13
Old Quebec City
August 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Got to our bed and breakfast, which was about 30 minutes from Old Quebec City. I thought this might be a problem but it wasn't. Aside from the construction Quebec is pretty easy to get around. We missed lunch so we had an early supper, late lunch at Normandin, a Quebec franchise. They had a huge menu, pretty much sold anything you wanted to eat. It was really good.
Our b&b host have is lots of good info about what to see and do. We decided that going to Old Quebec and taking a double decker bus at sunset was a good idea. Turned out it was a great idea. Saw a lot very quickly. There were buskers all over the place. Not sure if there is a festival going on or if this is a regular thing.Read more
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- Aug 5, 2019, 10:21am
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 159 m
- Canada New Brunswick Edmundston 47.36556, -68.3262547°21’56” N 68°19’35” W
Day 13
Edmunston
August 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We stopped in Edmundston just for an overnight stay while traveling to Quebec City. Stayed at what is probably the best place we have stayed while on such a crazy road trip. Our room had a washer and dryer in the room, which was very welcome because this trip has been hit and humid. Anyways it was very nice and very close to a lovely walking path which takes you into downtown Edmundston. Went for a walk and then left for Quebec City.Read more
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- Aug 3, 2019, 7:58pm
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- Canada New Brunswick Bar Road Ministers Island Airfield 45.09898, -67.0349145°5’56” N 67°2’6” W
Day 11
Minister's Island
August 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After supper went to Ministers Island which an island that is a short distance from St Andrew's. You can walk or drive into the island at low tide. And if you want use the hiking trails your visit had to be timed right so you don't get stuck on the island during high tide. It originally belonged to a minister who sold a large portion to the Van Horne. He was in charge of CP rail built his 50 room "summer home" on the island.Read more
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- Aug 3, 2019, 5:00pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Canada New Brunswick Charlotte County Saint Andrews Maison de Pagan-O'Neill 45.07302, -67.0535545°4’23” N 67°3’13” W
Day 11
St Andrew's by the Sea
August 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This is the resort town that we went to so Gerard could go whale watching. It's full of tourists and claiming a few firsts. The Fairmont Algonquin Hotel is the first CP hotel. It was built then the town was built around it. It's crazy big, especially for a small town hotel.
The hotel we stayed in claimed to be the first summertime hotel in North America (not sure what that means). It was probably pretty grand in its hey days. Would definitely go back to this town.Read more
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- Aug 3, 2019, 1:37pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Canada New Brunswick Five Corners Buchanan Hill 45.19293, -67.2790245°11’35” N 67°16’44” W
Day 11
Ganong Chocolate Factory
August 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
So the town next to St Andrew's had a chocolate factory. The Ganong chocolate factory. This company makes one of my favourite childhood candies - chicken bones. Had to go so the tour. Found out that Ganong considers themselves the creator of the chocolate bar. They also created the heart shaped candy boxes that are sold around Valentine's Day. Didn't take any pictures just ate alot of chocolate.Read more
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- Aug 2, 2019, 4:18pm
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 334 m
- Canada New Brunswick Mitchells Corner Fundy National Park of Canada 45.61626, -65.02645°36’59” N 65°1’34” W
Day 10
Bay of Fundy National Park
August 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
While waiting for the tide to come in we went for lunch and saw a few other sites. On the way back to Hopewell Rocks we stopped at Cape Enrage. The water is supposed to be pretty rough in this area but it was calm day in terms of waves. Still noone was in the water while the tide was coming in.
After that we went back to the Hopewell Rocks to see the Flower Pots at high tide. We were about an hour late for high tide but the water was still very high. They block off steps going down to the Flower Pots so none actually goes into the water but you can get quite close.
After that we drove back to Jerry's house and stopped at a viewpoint in Bay of Fundy National Park. Gotta sit in those red aderondak chairs.Read more
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- Aug 2, 2019, 10:31am
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- Canada New Brunswick Lower Cape The Rocks Provincial Park 45.81914, -64.5745445°49’9” N 64°34’28” W
Day 10
Hopewell Rocks
August 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Hopewell Rocks was another place that we both really wanted to see. The tides are the highest in the world at this place. The big feature of the area are the Flower Pot Rocks. When the tide is high these Rocks stand in water. When the tide is low you can walk around on the ocean floor and see just how big the rocks are. While talking to an interpreter he said that on the ocean floor the tide comes in at 1 foot per minute. We spent about an hour on the ocean floor just as the tide was starting to come in. Once the water starts to get too high the interpreters chase people off the floor so they don't get trapped. It looks safe at this point but there are spots where a person could get trapped. Even the best swimmer would not be able to get out because of the strength of the tide.
It was pretty spectacular to see and I will have pictures of the high tide in the next post. The tide was 43.8 feet high. The interpreters seemed quite concerned because the highest recorded is 46 feet, so pretty close.Read more
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- Aug 1, 2019, 1:10pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Canada New Brunswick Saint John County Simms Corner Reversing Falls 45.25784, -66.0884545°15’28” N 66°5’18” W
Day 9
Sussex/St John Area
August 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We are now staying with Gerard's cousin Jerry and his wife Sherry. Jerry said if we stayed at his house he would tour us around the area for a couple of days.
The first thing we saw today was the reversing falls and we were fortunate to see the falls in reverse. The St John River flows into the Bay of Fundy but when the tide comes in the bay pushes the river back making the river water flow in the opposite direction. We timed it right and got to see this phenomenon. It's hard to see in the picture (the Bay is on the right and it is making the river flow backwards). We went a little farther down the river and saw a spot where the current was so strong that ducks were purposely floating backwards in the river.😄
The next stop was at a lighthouse just to get a better view of the Bay of Fundy.
After that we went to St Martin's to experience the sea caves. Here the tide was low so you could go into the caves. When the tide is high it completely covers the caves.
At the same spot where the sea caves are located there were two covered bridges. So we stopped to take some pictures. The last picture is the boats sitting on the sea bed during low tide. It was quite the day.Read more
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