We landed at Garia Bay the following day and was immediately struck by the spectacle of huge slabs of pink granite. It certainly reminded me of our Georgian Bay rocks in Ontario - only wilder. The 380 million years old pink granite, with veins of quartz and feldspar, together with the many wildflowers on the heathland made for a very pleasant hike and quite a treat for the eyes and the photographer. We spent a very pleasant morning exploring the area, at our own leisurely pace (or not). I will let the photos do the talking.
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| You can see the vegetation at the bottom of these tide pools |
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| Beautiful colours on the rocks |
Hiking on the heath yielded many wild flowers - since we have to watch our footsteps, it wasn't hard to spot the flowers and always a treat to find a new one.
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| White fringed orchid found on the heath |
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| Cloud berry |
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| The carnivorous Pitcher Plant |
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| The one lone tree among the rocks and a closer look at it |
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Feldspar or quartz in the granite |
Green ponds and orange ponds, depending on what's reflected or what's in them...
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| A wide angle to emphasize the size of the rocks |
The zodiac taking us back to the boat did a side cruise to show us another side of the bay which has more trees than where we landed, but less rocks. But there was an amazing rock stack with vegetation on top which made us wonder how it came about.
I missed Dr. Marc St. Onge the geologist on our NorthWest Passage trip. He would have volunteered all the details about how this would have been formed.
Loved the photos, Catherine. Right up my alley. Andy.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them. Thanks.
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