July 8th

We watched a video of a guy catching one of these giant fish, they weight upwards of 800 pounds. The guy is strapped in a boat chair that is bolted to the deck of the boat, with a huge fishing pole between his legs that is attached to the chair.

Adults:

We decided on the shore line of Cape George Bay, north of the town of Antigonish (Anti-gon-ish), on Hwy 337. Antigonish is at sea level, and as we headed north toward the Cape, the elevation rose to cliffs overlooking St George’s Bay and the Strait of Northumberland. At Ballentynes Cove we stopped at the Tuna Interpretive Center and learned a bit about the Tuna fishing around the area. We watched a video of a guy catching one of these giant fish, they weight upwards of 800 pounds. The guy is strapped in a boat chair that is bolted to the deck of the boat, with a huge fishing pole between his legs that is attached to the chair. The chair looks like some sort of torture chamber furniture!

 Then, on to Cape George where we found another white lighthouse with a red top. At this point, we head down the west side of the cape to Arisaig where there is a replica of an old lighthouse and where we had ice cream cones for lunch. We then retraced our path back up to Malignant Cove, and headed down Hwy 245 back to Antigonish, and then back to the campground.