We explored a small section along the eastern side, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the mouth of the eastern channel. This channel is the deeper of the two means of access into Shelburne's inner harbour. It is more traveled than the western channel, which was called False Passage on the old maps and is quite shallow in places. Since our house is on the western shore and looks out onto the western channel, we hardly ever see the sights of the eastern channel: the bigger commercial fishing boats going in and out year around; and sailboats, cruisers and historic tall ships in summer.
It feels like a different world on the eastern side.
And the shore itself is very different: all cliffs and crags, secret sea-carved inlets and crashing waves.
We startled a colony of Eiders...
who quickly formed a defensive flotilla and sailed out to sea.
A gang of Shags, as Cormorants are known, was more nonchalant about our presence.
It feels like a different world on the eastern side.
And the shore itself is very different: all cliffs and crags, secret sea-carved inlets and crashing waves.
who quickly formed a defensive flotilla and sailed out to sea.
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