Gaetan
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I may not be at the right place but I am looking for comments on campers who visiled madeleine island
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Gaetan
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should have read Magdalen Islands
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CueSee
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Salut Gaetan,,,,
Hey I'll get back to you later, very busy right now. Spent a week there ..... Jim
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CueSee
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Gaetan,
You won't be disappointed! What I did was to reserve on the 1:00AM boat, that way you'll make Cap-aux-Meules early and have the whole day to set up etc. After the boat before that leaves, you can line up on the pier. On the way back I took the 8:00PM boat and arrived in Souris ~ 1:00AM ,and spent the night at the tourist office or you could turn tight off of the pier and stay in the arena parking lot.
Camped out at Barachois, neat cg. Sometimes folks will divide their stay and spend half there and the other half at the Havre Aubert cg.
Neat place for bikes too. Even neater palce to eat! The Factory is one good place as is the bakery in Cap-aux-Meules. there is a micro brasserie there which pushes I.M. beers (they can be bought here in Québec City at the Marché du Vieux Port).
The best time, IMO is August as the water is warmer and the weather is nice. Lots to see and do and hang out too. Le Pied du Vent, cheese factory, the smoke house, clam digging, beaches are cool, les Dunes du Sud in particular. A week there is not too long.
BUY GAS BEFORE CROSSING! $$$ there
If you're not into boondocking, right near there a bit on from Souris is a Provincial Park...(LK, what's the name of that, Red Pines?)
Let me know if you want pics or more info. If you want it en français, send me a PM
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Little Kopit
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Is this what you mean CueSee http://www.tourismpei.com/provincial-park/red-point
BTW price of gas on PEI is less than in NB or NS. That brings business to The Island. It is regulated and changes on the 1st and the 15th of each month.
& Cue See, if you want pics posted, email me & I'll get them up.
Any chance you have a video yet CueSee?
& I, I took the road less travelled by.
My Photo Album, featuring Labrador 2006
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Clattertruck
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I know Madeline Island because my wife and her sister own a summer home there.
The town of La Pointe has a rich history. The site was originally a French trading post form1693-1698, and 1718-1759. Madeline is the only Apostle Island that is open to commercial development. It has about 250 year-round residents, but it swells to several thousand in the summer.
From Bayfield you take a twenty minute ferry ride to the town dock.
The ferries can hall big trucks, but there are no places to camp for big motor homes, There is a small GC near Big Bay but it is generally used by tent campers. There may be room for a TC.
There is a fine museum in town.
The shore has good walks and view points
The rocks and gin clear water are impressive
There are interior trails.
Big Bay has a fine beach.
Among the town bars is Tom's Burned Down Cafe, which is worth a visit.
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Clattertruck
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CueSee
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LK, T'wouldn't be big deal, but if yiu type in Magdelan Islands + YouTube, you'll find quite a few.
Gas on I.M. is about a dime a litre higher than in Souris .. or it was when I was there.
OK for the pics..j
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