“A KALEIDOSCOPE OF SPECTACULAR OCEAN VIEWS, NOT ONLY AHEAD, BUT MANY TIMES ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL AS IN THE MIRRORS”
Red sandstone cliffs trimmed with green falling into the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean was my first peek at the archipelago, as the ferry nosed its bow into Cap-aux-Meules harbour. Les Îles de la Madeleine (Magdalen Islands) consists of 12 islands, six linked by long, narrow and very fragile sand dunes. This small, isolated region of Quebec lying within the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a 105 km, five-hour ferry trip from Souris, Prince Edward Island.
It was with anticipation that we rolled out of the hull of the Madeleine II onto Île du Cap aux Mueles and headed out to our campsite at Parc de Gros-Cap before unloading my wife’s Suzuki TU250 from its front hitch mount on our camper truck. It was later in the evening, so we had to wait until morning
