The weather forecast wasn't favourable for a paddle so some of us decided for a ferry ride to the island of Ramea. An hour and a half after leaving the dock in Burgeo we sailed into Ramea.
The ferry backed into the dock at Ramea and we started a walking tour of the town.
The end point of our walk was a lookout on one of the highest hills overlooking the town.
On the voyage back the predicted winds had not materialized so when we got back to Burgeo at 2:30 we decided ...
... on a paddle that would keep us in more or less sheltered waters if the wind did pick up.
Our route took us to Aldridge's Pond, the site of Farley Mowat's book "A Whale for the Killing" which I read a number of years ago. The pond has a narrow entrance with a rocky ledge at the entrance. An 80-ton fin whale chasing herring got into the pond on a high spring tide and then couldn't get out. It was trapped and did not survive.
Aldridge's Pond was the feature of this paddle for me and I paid particular attention to the environs. Paddling into the pond I noted the shallow ledge as I paddled in.
Neil and Ysabelle consult the map to establish location.
The exit at the the other end of the pond is only passable by kayak or small boat.
Leaving the pond we paddled towards the fjord of Bay de Loop.
We didn't make it into the dramatic fjord paddling to Buffets Island at the entrance instead before ...
... returning to the put-in ...
... as the light began to fade.
Wednesday, day 3, in Burgeo was a full day and we got a short paddle in regardless of the misleading forecast. I had paddled in the area in 2010 but missed Aldridge's Pond. I was happy to have been able to tick that off my list.
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