P & Y Photography
A land of snow, rocks, and ice
A cairn on the ascending trail to the Mont Jacques Cartier summit (Parc National de la Gaspésie, Québec, Canada)
On our trip last September to observe the last of the woodland caribous in Gaspésie, we stopped next to a stone cairn to take a peak at the surrounding landscape through the dissipating fog.
The sight is a reminder of what the caribous have to endure to avoid predators, reaching the cold summit to find food. It was disappointing not to see any caribou on that part of the trail, but we were expecting this; the ones living here are the only herd of this species still living south of the St. Lawrence River, and in spite of the protection measures in place across the park, their survival is threatened.
A caribou we did manage to see on the path down, on a car path surrounded by thick woods; it stared at us but quickly vanished among the trees before we could even lift the cameras. We could not snap any pictures, but were happy witnesses nevertheless!
A land of snow, rocks, and ice
A cairn on the ascending trail to the Mont Jacques Cartier summit (Parc National de la Gaspésie, Québec, Canada)
On our trip last September to observe the last of the woodland caribous in Gaspésie, we stopped next to a stone cairn to take a peak at the surrounding landscape through the dissipating fog.
The sight is a reminder of what the caribous have to endure to avoid predators, reaching the cold summit to find food. It was disappointing not to see any caribou on that part of the trail, but we were expecting this; the ones living here are the only herd of this species still living south of the St. Lawrence River, and in spite of the protection measures in place across the park, their survival is threatened.
A caribou we did manage to see on the path down, on a car path surrounded by thick woods; it stared at us but quickly vanished among the trees before we could even lift the cameras. We could not snap any pictures, but were happy witnesses nevertheless!