Red Bay & Boney Shore

After spending a rainy morning in the trailer catching up on life, I returned to Red Bay for lunch. Having been in Canada for almost 3 weeks, it was time for some poutine (French fries with gravy & cheese), a weird Canadian specialty. 

           

The rain then slowed to a drizzle, so I walked to the Boney Shore, a place where the 16th century whalers deposited tons of whale bones. Most have been carried off over the years before the area was protected.

From the Boney Shore, I watched several flocks of ducks paddle around; the locals are working to protect them as most of the babies in recent years have been eaten by predators. Red Bay gets its name from these red rocks.

           

This white chunk is whale bone. There are MANY broken shells of sea urchins, mussels, & crabs littering the beach; the sea terns (gulls) scoop them up from the water, fly high, & drop them onto the rocks to break the shells in order to eat the animals inside. 

The various rocks, shells, & plants were quite interesting. It was a lovely view back across the bay when leaving the Boney Shore.