10.8.13 Tuesday Brookfield to Glenholm

 

Kluskap

Near Brookfield is a Mi’ Kmaq Reservation.  There is also the Gloosap Heritage and Cultural Center and Mi’ Kmaq Museum that gives great insight to the history and hardship and renewal of the Mi’ Kmaq People. The highway is named the Gooscap Trail in recognition of the mythical hero whose name means "Man From Nothing" or simply "Man"

 

 

Mi' Kmaq First Nation Flag

 

Proud to serve in Canada's Military

Served in Royal Canadian Mounted Police

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a lot of interchange of spelling and pronunciation depending where you are and who you are talking to; Mi’ Kamq, Mi’ Maw, Mi’ Maugh, Mic Mac; Glooscap, Klucsap, Klooskap.

 



 

 

Porcupine Quill Art

Porcupine Quill Art

Splint Basketry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glass Bead Art

 

Glass Bead art

 

Talented Woodcraftsmen

Contrary to popular belief the lowest
position on the totem pole is the place
of honor upon which others build.

The Mi’ Kamq are an industrious people and have not followed other First Nation peoples by earning tribal income through casinos, but have leased their lands along highways to commercial establishments.  They feel it’s an honorable way to earn income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We returned to the Bore Observation Deck in South Maitland.  The flow on the The Bore arrived about a half hour late.  The timing can change by weather and solar and lunar events.  Ok, just what is a bore?  When a river flows into tidal water there is a conflict of flow as the river strives to flow seaward and the sea tries to flow up the river.  The result is a wave created by the strongest force. This wave is a bore.  Now you probably have the same idea we did.  Fifty foot tide=fifty foot bore.  No not quite.  It doesn’t happen that suddenly.

First Sighting of the Bore



Going to play in the Bore



Here it comes

 

Usually at most rivers it is so small it can’t even be seen or felt.  However, with the tremendous tides from the Bay of Fundy the tidal flow creates a head wave of two to ten feet tall, depending on the location, and then the river actually flows backward like a raging torrent.  Because of the red clay topsoil in the area the river is a muddy brown.
 

At this point the Bore has not arrived notice how calm the water is.  The flow is downstream from right to left.  The only wave is from the boat.

 

The wave this day was about two feet.  I tried to capture the essence of the strength of the bore but it just not like watching it in person.  We stayed an hour after the event and watch the water continued to rise.  Then we ate lunch in the parking lot and started back across the bridge (could not stop for a picture).  The water had risen to the concrete part at the top of the old bridge abutments. 
 

The water is now flowing upstream, from left to right and is not at all calm.

When we left the water was up to the layer of
concrete on the abutment

Now it time to make tracks toward Prince Edward Island.  We won’t get there tonight but we must start heading west.  Tonight’s destination is Glenholme.

 

Catch of the day Seafood Market

Do you recall Trevor MacLaughlin, the young man who rode across Canada on a bike for Parkinson Disease awareness, (Sep. 9^th post)?.  He told me of a farmers market and restaurant in Masstown.  He was so impressed with the amount of fish and chips he got for $11 that he took a picture of it with his cellphone.  When we passed through Masstown the next day it was early morning and we just finished breakfast.  No fish and chips.  But this time Linda picked out Elm River Campgrounds…Just on the edge of Masstown...You guessed it.
 

Knot on the Bay
Seafood Restaurant