Belmont/Lot16 east shore, Malpeque Bay

On a breezy day (August 20^th), I went to Belmont Provincial Park with the Wood Duck 12 kayak. I thought that with a SW wind, it would be sheltered a bit on the east side of Lot 16. But the wind was more southerly, so both sides of the Belmont point had a strong breeze.

Belmont track, WD12 kayak (4 km)

When I started, I went to the west side of the point to check out the conditions. It was fun, but I wasn’t going too far in that direction. I went ashore for a few red cliff photos. Returning to the east side, I paddled 1 km and went ashore for a walk. I walked on shore across the large wetland as far as the salt-water pond/inlet. On Google Earth, there appear to be three or four round depressions in the wetland (probably artificial, DUC?). The salt-water inlet has a narrow entrance to Malpeque Bay. The entrance is wide enough that a kayak could paddle in at high tides. The pond inlet is 500m x 250m in size.

Belmont marshes, east side

East marshes with large inlet/creek in the background

Next time, I would want to paddle all the way to McLaurins Cove and check out the sand spit and the three salt-water ponds/inlets.

Mouth of east inlet/creek

Least Sandpiper (vulnerable in PEI)