It’s been three years since we’ve traveled more than a few hours from home. I guess we are joining the rest of the world and finding which part of our pre-pandemic lives we want to continue with. Our favourite place to visit is the Eastern Townships in Quebec. And, we’re back there this morning!
It seems that an entire new suburb sprung up in Brossard. Three years ago, there were fields all along the north side of Hwy 30 . Today, there are new subdivisions and these hotels and condos (?) Have sprung up next to the highway. Glad we didn’t say to our traveling buddies that they would be seeing fields the entire length of that road.
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Quebecois folks call their provincial parks national parks - so confusing), will be our home for three nights. This park is surrounded by Montreal, and you’d hardly know it. The folks who make decisions have chosen to allow the three islands that make up the park return to their natural state. As soon as we arrived and set up, we toured around the islands to see what’s new here. 22 km to go around all three islands. (Maybe that’s why Ted didn’t sleep last night - oops)
Looks like we won’t be driving over this bridge any time soon. We found an alternative route from the campground to the rest of the islands and were on our way.
The Quebec government spares no expense in building its infrastructure. There used to be a wooden lookout here which would probably suffice for another 10 years in Ontario, but what have we here? This lookout was designed to represent a bird soaring over the marsh. There is a series of interactive displays along the access ramp where you can hear various marsh animals and birds. Kids would love this.
Montreal was in the misty distance and we are probably going to keep it in the misty distance this stay.
The channel runs on the north side of the islands. Often we see large vessels at anchor, waiting to enter the port of Montreal.
200 species of birds have been recorded on these islands. A flock of gulls seemed to be interested in my biking buddy. Glad they are not vultures. That might be a bad thing.
It’s not hard to imagine how valuable these islands are to Montrealers. In a few minutes, they can be through the tunnel and be completely surrounded by nature.
Sponsor today: hunger. We are ready for lunch. Glad our stomach's let us know.
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