Cap-aux-Meules
The village of Cap-aux-Meules—or Grindstone Cape—was named for the headland on one of Quebec’s 13 Magdalen Islands. This is the second largest of the Magdalens by area, a low-lying expanse ringed by rugged shores that was inhabited by the Mi’kmaq tribe when they came on a seasonal walrus hunt. The first European to step on this land was Jacques Cartier in 1534. One of the most isolated of all the places we went to. We went on the Belle-Anse hike along the amazing shoreline with hills that are bright red from the iron traces in the soil.