In the final outbound leg of our journey to Charlottetown we travelled up the Trans-Labrador Highway.
The majority of the highway is gravel road. The stretch up to Charlottetown wasn't completed until 2001. Before that such coastal towns could only be reached by air or sea.
The highway passes through boreal forest.
The highway passes through boreal forest.
Entering the town of Capstan Island. The town takes its name from a small island offshore upon which a capstan (a rotating post - originating on sailing ships) was erected to wind in a rope running from the mainland. The line opened the door of a seal trap, designed to catch seals as they migrated through the area in springtime.
Mammoth in the town of Red Bay.
Frozen river.
Charlottetown. Notice the sledge, which is used to transport materials behind ski-doos in winter.
Another sign full-on winter is on its way. Charlottetown locals have already stockpiled firewood for their wood stoves.
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