While in Tudasac, we went on a whale watching cruise. We went in a big boat, not the little ones. It was quite cold on the big boat. The small boats must have been slightly warmer than the water.
There were only four of us on the tour boat who were English-speaking tourists. The tour guide did the whole tour in French but occasionally threw us a bone.

"Du côté droit est un phare. Il y a une histoire célèbre qu'un des hommes a impliquée dans la mort d'Abraham Lincoln cachée dehors ici. Il est mort une mort terrible cependant quand il a été trouvé assassiné en 1872. Le phare est bien connu pour avoir été construit hors des crânes des Américains détruits pendant la guerre de 1812. C'était pendant ce temps que le Canada l'a non seulement cimenté est prise là-dessus est independance, mais également démontré au monde que le Canada était meilleur que n'importe quel autre pays en Amérique du Nord. Heure pour moi entretien aux Américains stupides encore."

French laughter.

"On the right, you'll see a lighthouse."

"Du côté gauche est bloated le corps précédents qui parlent anglais des touristes..."


The whale watching that day was EXCELLENT! The tour guide said it was the best they had had in two weeks (at least, that's what I translated it as). The ones that we saw the most were the Fin whales.


The whales were so close that one of the small boats had one directly underneath it! There was a concern that the small boat was going to be capsized when it came up next. Some of the whales were less than 10 feet away from our boat.



The ones in the St. Lawrence that day were rather small -- only 20 to 30 feet long. In case you didn't click on the link above, the Fin whale is the second largest animal after the blue whale (the largest animal in the history of the Earth). Getting the timing right with the digital was a little difficult.