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The old Money Point lighthouse now stands proudly next to a space rocket in front of the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. The new automatic light respects the traditional lighthouse architecture.
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Near Cape North, at the foot of a cliff whitened by quartz intrusions, the sea is turquoise and transparent.![]() |
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Cormorants drying their wings just off Cape North. ![]() |
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A few minutes later, Money Point sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. All of a sudden, the water is colder and, in the distance, a dark mark outlined in white, shows that we are approaching a not so gentle sea. ![]() |
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Two km South of Money Point, a reef protects a pebble beach below a small cliff. A mass of twisted and rusting iron behind the tent marks the wreckage of the Norwegian freighter Carita in 1975 on this very reef. ![]() |
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Rocks form a protection from all but the strongest seas, allowing a safe landing... ![]() |
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Even if it's hard to like jelly fish, it is sad to see them washed up on the rocks. In a couple of days, like a piece of jell-O, it will literally evaporate, leaving only a few purple strands. ![]() |
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