No diving today since I fly tomorrow. Instead we will be exploring the South West side of the Island. Before we went there, we traveled to the mouth of a river where there was rumored to be a Beluga Whale carcass. We could smell it as soon as we pulled up, and just had to find it. We did find it, it was pretty old and shriveled up, but you could see its teeth and jawbone which was really cool.
We then drove to the South West point, which had the old lighthouse still standing. We walked around the whole point and found a TON of crinoid stem fossils. They were everywhere! It was a beautiful coastline and I collected some shells on the way. There is a cemetery too, which Julie and I approached, and did a loop around the lighthouse structure. Michel flew his drone and got some wicked cool video from above the lighthouse looking down.
On the way out the roads were really tight and bumpy so we had to be careful. Back on the main road, we got a flat tire. Michel tried to patch it and refill it with… a scuba tank! However, the patch wouldn’t hold so we changed the tire and headed home.
We saw a ton of foxes on the way home and I got a decent photo of one! All the other photos I had taken of foxes where too far away, but this was close enough to see his face. When we got back we collected all my gear that had been drying and I packed it up. I had a great time staying with Michel and Julie on Anticosti, and I hope to return to this island one day. We celebrated the week with some pizza, and talked about everything we did. Thank you so much for hosting me, it was a unique and amazing experience that I will never forget! 