Photo by Hugues SimardAnticosti Circumnavigation by Sea Kayak July-August 2009
An attempt to circumnavigate Anticosti Island by sea kayak.
The Island of Anticosti, situated in the entrance of the N.W. arm of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is approximately 350 miles in circumference. It is sparsely populated, only one town and only dirt and gravel roads. There are several outposts, some with supplies and telephone service.
There is a high concentration of white tailed deer, seals, mosquitoes, black flies, bees and whales, probably ticks, but no bears.
It has a beautiful coastline, lots of fresh water streams to collect water from and lots of dead wood to cook with.
The coastline can be quite shallow with extended reefs, requiring camps to be set up at high tide and paddling a good distance from shore in many places. Anticosti is famous for it's shipwrecks and even sea kayaks get damaged on the reefs.
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1 comments:
Just read the trip report of the folding kayaker going around Anticosti. What a beautiful island .. and yes, this "luxury campsite" looks very tempting, I also would have stayed an additional day there.
Marcus
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