Tuesday, June 24

Early this morning, from midnight until 4 a.m. was the annual bonfire at the local beach. Children from surrounding towns, including some from Labrador, attended this celebration of Saint John the Baptist Day, a national holiday in Quebec. I woke up the next morning tired, but Trish greeted us with fried Caplin, a small silvery fish that makes its way in schools onto the shores in the area to lay their eggs. To my surprise, they tasted nothing like fish, but more like a chicken finger. Caplin are one of the types of seafood that locals make their money on in the Lower North Shore. After the collapse of the cod industry, many have struggled to find a living in this remote area of Quebec.