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| Merganser 17 - freshly painted hull, Sep 2019 |
On a breezy Sunday afternoon (Sept 15th), I looked for a somewhat protected place to go and try out my newly renovated Merganser kayak. The winds were from the SSW, so I decided on Holman Island with a launch in Lower Bedeque (Route 112). Holman Island is basically in front of Summerside harbour and belongs to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).
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| Track is 7 km |
I found a good launch point on Route 112 past the Auchinleck Road (hopefully, it was a public shore access). From there, it was a 2 km paddle to the SE point of Holman Island. Due to my shoulder injury and the medium winds, I decided not to circumnavigate the island. After checking out the Dorian shore erosion at the SE point, I paddled over to the island's SW corner and went ashore for a walk.
There wasn't much evidence of hurricane Dorian on the south side of the island, but things were a little different on the west side. There was a good number of trees down, mostly due to bank erosion. I imagine that the north end of the island would have been worst, but I didn't get there on this trip.
I need to make more trips in this area to explore further Holman Island, the Bedeque peninsula, the Wilmot and Dunk River estuaries, etc. -- either by kayak or Sea Pearl.
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12Aug2022, NCC Holman Island clean-up. I joined the clean-up by kayaking over from Lower Bedeque - the same spot as in 2019. It was a nice paddling day and I had more time to explore. I especially enjoyed the cliffs of the NW side of Holman Island. All my nature observations were shore birds. I got quite a few species on the SW point. On the way back, I paddled to the Summerside lighthouse point for some extra exploration. Great trip.
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