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Souris 2 PEI MV Madeleine MAR#118
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Souris 2 PEI MV Madeleine MAR#118
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MARNE= Canadian Maritimes/ NorthEast US Journey
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ROF= Ring of fire Odyssey MEF-H = Marine Expeditionary Force- Hargus
MARNE= Canadian Maritimes/ NorthEast US Journey
July 24, 2011
Souris, PEI -Prince Edward Island, Canada
Souris 2 MV Madeleine
Souris... pronounced Sore- - ee is a maginficent place on the East end of Prince Edward Island - PEI.
We had to run up through the interior of PEI to get to an Irving Station to refuel the propane tank. Propane refueling points are not common. Starting out from Panmure Island Provincial Park, Gaspereux, PEI there was a detour.... and had to drive some of the interior roads of PEI. Beautiful farm country. No traffic... I like that.
Todays plan was to make it to Red Point by evening.... we'll see what we drift into during the day that is interesting. Made it to Souris by noon and fueled up before Irving closed. Back down to a bottleneck road on the entry to Souris w/ beach on each side of the road.... watched the wing surfers.. the para sailors.. on the bay. Wind is 30+... really stiff and the chute surfers... wing surfers are having a ball. Havent seen surfurs like this since on the Columbia River in Oregon.
And saw the ferry / ship -- MV Madeleine -- coming into port .... about 5 miles out Had to rush down to the Souris docks to see this.
This is the ferry / ship that runs daily to the Iles de las Madeleine.... about 75 miles due North in the middle of the Gulf of St Lawrence
Also see Souris 1 and 3 posts
**** Wikipedia
The Magdalen Islands (French, Îles de la Madeleine) form a small archipelago in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with a land area of 205.53 square kilometres (79.36 sq mi). Though closer to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, the islands form part of the Canadian province of Quebec.
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There are volumes of books written about the French Acadians and the Great Deportation of the French from the Maritime region; this was a genocide of these people. I will write some of this in future posts about Acadia. Right now, the important fact is that some of the Acadians-- the ones not rounded up-- escaped to the Isle de la Madeleine islands. This is like sacred ground for the French Acadians.... a pilgrimage for some of these travelers.
*** from Wikipedia
The Deportation
Main article: Great Upheaval
In the years after the British conquest, the Acadians refused to swear unconditional oaths of allegiance to the British crown. During this time period some Acadians participated in militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to Fortress Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.[9] During the French and Indian War, the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting them.[10]
This process began in 1755, after the British captured Fort Beauséjour and began the expulsion of the Acadians with the Bay of Fundy Campaign. Between six and seven thousand Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia [11] to the lower British American colonies.[12] Some Acadians eluded capture by fleeing deep into the wilderness or into French-controlled Canada. The Quebec town of L'Acadie (now a sector of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) was founded by expelled Acadians.[13] After the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), a second wave of the expulsion began with the St. John River Campaign, Petitcodiac River Campaign, Gulf of Saint Lawrence Campaign and the Île Saint-Jean Campaign.
Any pretense that France might maintain or regain control over the remnants of Acadia came to an end with the fall of Montreal in 1760 and the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which permanently ceded almost all of eastern New France to Britain. After 1764, many exiled Acadians finally settled in Louisiana, which had been transferred by France to Spain at the end of the French and Indian War. The name Acadian was corrupted to Cajun, which was first used as a pejorative term until its later mainstream acceptance. Britain eventually moderated its policies and allowed Acadians to return to Nova Scotia.
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I will cover this more in detail in future posts about Acadia. I walk this ground in the Maritimes sensing some of the brutal history of that era.
Being part of quebec' jurisdiction the docks are full of French Canadians waiting to board ship. Walking around the docks to take some pix the atmosphere was of a European flavor/ culture with most of the people were speaking French. All signs in the maritimes are written dually in english and french. a lady taking a picture saw my Marine 8 point cap and said "Sempre Fe" to me in a heavy French accent; I was honored and appreciate our allies recognition.
The dock was busy and bustling. Port calls are exciting by their nature... Ocean, ships, movement / travel,... adventure going to new and unknown places. Some freight being loaded and a lot of travelers heading to Iles de la Madeleines for summer holiday. Some Rvs, rental cars,... some on bicycles. I could see doing a bike on PEI and really enjoying a couple months on PEI.
Near the boarding ramp of the ship, you could look back across the docks and see the lighthouse up on the point... White base, red top.
When the ship was almost full went over to the city docks / fishing boats piers. Some boats in drydock. some fishing boats getting ready to head out to fish.
Will get some pix of the ferry leaving port, getting underway.
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