Yes it is great Moose country when the sign on the side of the road not only shows a Moose , and there is a sign every 1/2 mile, But... There was even one with flashing lights and bright letters that stated "BE ALERT FOR MOOSE" (in French of course!) . Sorry to say we did not see one, but again we were traveling in the daytime, when the morning and evening are the best times as well as night!
Happy Birthday to Ella my youngest grandchild. Hope she had a great day.
The journey today took us in to the deep woods of NE Quebec and across a large lake (Lac) called Temiscouata one of the larger lakes in Quebec. That landed us in a National Park called by the same name . 'Parc National Du Lac-Temiscouata. To get there we had to take the ferry from our side, if we wanted to avoid a 90 mile trip around the "other" way. The ferry holds 6-8 vehicles of normal size and is run privately. It runs every 1/2 hour one way. It was a short run of some 10-15 minutes.
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| Looking across toward the Park |
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| The ferry comes in to dock. This is not a heavy traffic area. |
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| From the ferry to the dock. One ferry only. |
It had rained a bit and when we started to the entrance to the park, the road turned to clay and was very slick looking. The mud really did a job on the truck. ( There was a vehicle wash at the exit where we camp and we took advantage of that.) It was about a 6 Km drive to the Visitors Center and the check in. (Fee). The gal at the Visitors Center, Trissa, gave us some pointers on the road and places to stop for potential bird watching. There were two stops and the drive really gave us a taste of what Moose habitat was like. Tens of thousands of acres of mixed evergreens, mostly balsam fir, some occasional ponds and marshes , but always the rolling road through the woods , which were tight on the edge of the road. (see)
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| A good look at one road as it winds through some of the 175 square kilometers of the Parc. |
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| The one lane bridge over the Memories River that empties 300 meters from here out of the Grand Lac Touladi |
The second last stop (except for flowers, shadows , rivers and animals) was at one of TWENTY FOUR archeological sites in the Parc. Ruth and I wandered around this 8,000 year old center of the Malacite people who wandered between here and the St John River/Bay of Fundy for millennia. Ruth took photos and I wandered to the archeological dig where some folks were being instructed in the fine art of archeological "digging:".
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| One of the features of the archeological site . Hunting. |
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| A model of what might have been an early cabin by loggers. |
Malecite, also called Maliseet, North American Indians of the Algonquian language family who occupied the Saint John valley in what is now New Brunswick, Can., and the northeastern corner of what is now the U.S. state of Maine. Their language was closely related to that of the Passamaquoddy, and they were members of the Abenaki Confederacy, a group of Algonquian-speaking tribes organized for protection against the Iroquois Confederacy.
Traditionally, the Malecite practiced corn (maize) cultivation, as well as hunting and fishing. Birch bark, wood, stone, and ceramics were used for the manufacture of utensils, tools, and weapons. A tribal council consisting of a war chief, a civil chief, and representatives of each family decided most tribal questions; a general council of the entire tribe decided war matters on a consensus basis.
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| The trail into the Archeological site. |
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| There were some guests being instructed today. |
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| An archeologist on the Parc team gives the lesson of the day. |
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| Grid lines, and the slightest clues are important. |
We wrapped up the afternoon with some photos along the way of flowers, streams, and the views.
Tomorrow the whales.
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| A look at Grand Lac Touladi by the "dig". |
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| Veronica Sp. |
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| A very large Beaver home. |
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| Last view of Lac Timiscouata leaving the Parc. |
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| Note the time of the first evidence of the Malacites. |
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